CVE-2006-0459
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 29, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 27, 2006
Description
flex.skl in Will Estes and John Millaway Fast Lexical Analyzer Generator (flex) before 2.5.33 does not allocate enough memory for grammars containing (1) REJECT statements or (2) trailing context rules, which causes flex to generate code that contains a buffer overflow that might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flex/flex-2.5.33.tar.bz2?download
- 23440vdb-entry
- DSA-1020vendor-advisory
- ADV-2006-0770vdb-entry
- 19071third-party-advisory
- 16896vdb-entry
- flex-bypass-security(24995)vdb-entry
- GLSA-200603-07vendor-advisory
- 19228third-party-advisory
- 19424third-party-advisory
- 570third-party-advisory
- 19126third-party-advisory
- USN-260-1vendor-advisory
- [flex-announce] 20060222 flex 2.5.33 releasedmailing-list
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