CVE-2026-36189 (GCVE-0-2026-36189)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-21 00:00 – Updated: 2026-05-21 15:08
VLAI
Summary
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Uncrustify Project Affected v.Uncrustify_d-0.82.0-132-bcc41cbdc and Fixed in commit 68e67b9a1435a1bb173b106fedb4a4f510972bdc allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the check_template.cpp, check_template function, tokenize_cleanup function, uncrustify executable components
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-21 15:08 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
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