Out-of-bounds Write Affecting re2c package, versions <1.3-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-RE2C-5694602
  • published21 Apr 2020
  • disclosed21 Apr 2020

Introduced: 21 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-11958  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 re2c to version 1.3-2 or higher.

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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Scores

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