CVE-2019-6293
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6293
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-6293.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-6293
- Related
- Published
- 2019-01-15T00:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2024-10-12T05:17:13.592315Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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An issue was discovered in the function markbeginningasnormal in nfa.c in flex 2.6.4. There is a stack exhaustion problem caused by the markbeginningasnormal 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.
- References
Affected packages
Debian:11 / flex
Package
- Name
- flex
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/flex?arch=source
Debian:12 / flex
Package
- Name
- flex
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/flex?arch=source
Debian:13 / flex
Package
- Name
- flex
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/flex?arch=source