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CVE-2020-11958

Published: 21 April 2020

re2c 1.3 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Scanner::fill in parse/scanner.cc via a long lexeme.

Notes

AuthorNote
leosilva
introduced by 1.2 by
https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c/commit/1edd26a35457c5835afd58b8fa8330d33e7a1192

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
re2c
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

eoan
Released (1.2.1-1ubuntu0.1)
focal
Released (1.3-1ubuntu0.1)
trusty Not vulnerable

upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c/commit/1edd26a35457c5835afd58b8fa8330d33e7a1192

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H