CVE-2025-1788
CVE-2025-1788 — rizinorg rizin utf8.c rz_utf8_encode heap-based overflow
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in rizinorg rizin up to 0.8.0. This affects the function rz_utf8_encode in the library /librz/util/utf8.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, VulDB
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
0%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
5.3
MEDIUM
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
PoC
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Partial
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-122
- CWE-119
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /librz/util/utf8.c.
References
7 on the record
- vuldb.com/?id.298011
vdb-entry, technical-description
- vuldb.com/?ctiid.298011
signature, permissions-required
- vuldb.com/?submit.502345
third-party-advisory
- github.com/rizinorg/rizin/issues/4910
issue-tracking
- github.com/rizinorg/rizin/issues/4910#issuecomment-2662963253
issue-tracking
- github.com/user-attachments/files/18817099/rz-bin-poc-01.zip
exploit
- github.com/rizinorg/rizin/pull/4762
issue-tracking, patch
Elsewhere on this site
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.