CVE-2019-6293

An issue was discovered in the function mark_beginning_as_normal in nfa.c in flex 2.6.4. There is a stack exhaustion problem caused by the mark_beginning_as_normal function making recursive calls to itself in certain scenarios involving lots of '*' characters. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 18%
VendorProductVersion
westesflex
2.6.4
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
flex
bullseye
unimportant
sid
unimportant
trixie
unimportant
bookworm
unimportant
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
flex
noble
needed
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
needed
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
needed
eoan
ignored
disco
ignored
cosmic
ignored
bionic
needed
xenial
needed
trusty
dne