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Ubuntu 25.10: Radare2 Critical Memory Leak Security Advisory USN-7915-1

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Calendar Grey December 9, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several security issues fixed in radare2 impacting Ubuntu, posing denial of service risk with critical severity. Update recommended.
Several security issues were fixed in radare2.

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu memory leak radare2

Update Instructions

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.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7915-1

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

Severity
critical
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Low
Medium
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Critical

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7915-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu memory leak radare2

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/radare2/5.9.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.25.10.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/radare2/5.9.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.25.04.2

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