CVE-2020-11958 (GCVE-0-2020-11958)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-21 00:37 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
re2c 1.3 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Scanner::fill in parse/scanner.cc via a long lexeme.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2020/04/19/re2c-heap… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c/commit/c4603ba5c… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/21/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4338-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4338-2/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-28 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
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