CVE-2016-6354
Published on: 09/21/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:11 PM UTC
Certain versions of Debian Linux from Debian contain the following vulnerability:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the yy_get_next_buffer function in Flex before 2.6.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving num_to_read.
- CVE-2016-6354 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as - currently rated as CRITICAL severity.
CVSS3 Score: 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | NONE | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
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UNCHANGED | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 7.5 - HIGH
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
PARTIAL | PARTIAL | PARTIAL |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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oss-security - CVE request: flex: Buffer overflow in generated code (yy_get_next_buffer) | Release Notes Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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Fixed incorrect integer type · westes/[email protected] · GitHub | Patch github.com text/html |
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flex: Potential insecure code generation (GLSA 201701-31) — Gentoo security | security.gentoo.org text/html |
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oss-security - Re: CVE request: flex: Buffer overflow in generated code (yy_get_next_buffer) | Release Notes Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3653-1 flex | Third Party Advisory www.debian.org Depreciated Link text/html |
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
Application | Flex Project | Flex | All | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:flex_project:flex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE