CVE-2020-11958

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-11958
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-21 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-27 18:38:00 UTC
Descriptionre2c 1.3 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Scanner::fill in parse/scanner.cc via a long lexeme.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Application Re2c Re2c 1.3 All All All
Application Re2c Re2c 1.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: re2c: heap overflow in Scanner::fill (scanner.cc) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
re2c: heap overflow in Scanner::fill (scanner.cc) | agostino's blog MISC blogs.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
USN-4338-1: re2c vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - re2c: heap overflow in Scanner::fill (scanner.cc) MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-4338-2: re2c vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
re2c: Buffer overflow (GLSA 202007-28) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Fix crash in lexer refill (reported by Agostino Sarubbo). · skvadrik/re2c@c4603ba · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500598 Alpine Linux Security Update for re2c
  • 504349 Alpine Linux Security Update for re2c
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