CVE-2023-0302

Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in radareorg/radare2

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:25 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsRADARE2RADARE2

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in GitHub repository radareorg/radare2 prior to 5.8.2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.8.2
Affected range stops below 5.8.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 5.8.2
Affected range stops below 5.8.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-75CWE-74

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