Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting re2c package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-RE2C-567857
  • published29 Apr 2020
  • disclosed29 Apr 2020

Introduced: 29 Apr 2020

CVE-2018-21232  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 re2c.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream re2c package and not the re2c package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

re2c before 2.0 has uncontrolled recursion that causes stack consumption in find_fixed_tags.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1