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Ubuntu 25.10: Radare2 Critical Memory Leak Security Advisory USN-7915

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • December 9, 2025

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in radare2. Software Description: - radare2: free and advanced command line hexadecimal editor Details: It was discovered that Radare2 contained several memory leaks. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 radare2 5.9.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.25.10.2 Ubuntu 25.04 radare2 5.9.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.25.04.2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS radare2 5.5.0+dfsg-1.1ubuntu3+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS radare2 4.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS radare2 2.3.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

CVE-2025-60359, CVE-2025-60360, CVE-2025-60361

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Radare2 Memory Leak Vulnerabilities Discovered Multiple memory leak vulnerabilities were discovered in Radare2, which could allow attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing the application. The issues were identified as potentially leading to performance degradation and service interruptions. The vulnerabilities are associated with CVE-2025-60358. 3 sources 24

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Ubuntu 25.10: Radare2 Critical Memory Leak Security Advisory USN-7915

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