Published: 21/09/2016 Updated: 06/10/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10

CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 668

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Heap-based buffer overflow in the yy_get_next_buffer function in Flex prior to 2.6.1 might allow context-dependent malicious users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving num_to_read.

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Debian Bug report logs - #832768 flex: CVE-2016-6354: buffer overflow in generated code (yy_get_next_buffer) Package: src:flex; Maintainer for src:flex is Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:57:01 UTC Severity: grave Tags: patch, secu ...

Heap-based buffer overflow in the yy_get_next_buffer function in Flex before 261 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving num_to_read ...

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CWE-119 https://github.com/westes/flex/commit/a5cbe929ac3255d371e698f62dc256afe7006466 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/12 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3653 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/8 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-31 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832768 https://nvd.nist.gov

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