CVE-2016-6354

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6354
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6354.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6354
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Published
2016-09-21T14:25:20Z
Modified
2026-05-17T11:55:14Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the yy_get_next_buffer function in Flex before 2.6.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving num_to_read.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "last_affected":  "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_FIELD",
            "vendor_product":  "debian:debian_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages