VulnerabilityPublished 14 Nov 2025Updated 16 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-63744: radare2 · NULL Pointer Dereference

Affects radare2Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

4.3Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 23% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 14 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
GitHubradareorg/radare2`pkg:github/radareorg/radare2`Other threats	Affected <=6.0.5	Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-63744, European organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Avoid opening or processing untrusted or unauthenticated Mach-O dyldcache files with radare2 until a patch is available. 2) Employ sandboxing or containerization to isolate radare2 processes, limiting the impact of crashes on host systems. 3) Monitor radare2 project repositories and security advisories closely for patches or updates addressing this vulnerability. 4) Integrate input validation or pre-processing steps to detect malformed files before feeding them into radare2. 5) Use alternative tools for binary analysis when handling suspicious files, especially in automated pipelines. 6) Establish incident response procedures to quickly recover from radare2 crashes and maintain operational continuity. 7) Educate security analysts and developers about the risk of crafted files causing denial of service. These targeted actions go beyond generic advice by focusing on operational continuity and proactive detection in the context of radare2 usage.

Description

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was discovered in radare2 6.0.5 and earlier within the load() function of bin_dyldcache.c. Processing a crafted file can cause a segmentation fault and crash the program.

Impact

For European organizations, the primary impact of CVE-2025-63744 is a denial of service condition affecting availability. Systems running vulnerable versions of radare2 may crash when processing maliciously crafted files, disrupting reverse engineering workflows, malware analysis, or automated binary inspection pipelines. This could delay incident response or vulnerability research activities, especially in cybersecurity firms, research institutions, and software development companies. Since radare2 is often used by security professionals, the disruption could indirectly affect broader security operations. However, the vulnerability does not expose sensitive data or allow unauthorized code execution, limiting the impact to service interruption. Organizations that integrate radare2 into automated toolchains or continuous integration systems may experience cascading failures if the vulnerability is triggered. The lack of known exploits and patches reduces immediate risk but underscores the need for cautious handling of untrusted files. European critical infrastructure entities using radare2 for threat analysis should be aware of potential operational disruptions.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: MediumCWE Top 25 (2025): #13OWASP Top 10 A10:2025: Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions (opens in a new tab)
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Implementation
For any pointers that could have been modified or provided from a function that can return NULL, check the pointer for NULL before use. When working with a multithreaded or otherwise asynchronous environment, ensure that proper locking APIs are used to lock before the check, and unlock when it has finished.
Requirements
Select a programming language that is not susceptible to these issues.
Implementation
Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is non-null before acting upon it.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Logging (opens in a new tab)
Error Handling (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V11.1.7 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 21 Nov 2025, 20:59 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-476

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