CVE-2006-0459
Severity Score
7.5
*CVSS v2
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
flex.skl in Will Estes and John Millaway Fast Lexical Analyzer Generator (flex) before 2.5.33 does not allocate enough memory for grammars containing (1) REJECT statements or (2) trailing context rules, which causes flex to generate code that contains a buffer overflow that might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code.
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2006-01-27 CVE Reserved
- 2006-03-29 CVE Published
- 2023-10-07 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
References (14)
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19071 | 2023-10-06 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19424 | 2023-10-06 | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/23440 | 2023-10-06 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16896 | 2023-10-06 | |
| http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1020 | 2023-10-06 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19126 | 2023-10-06 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19228 | 2023-10-06 | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-07.xml | 2023-10-06 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/260-1 | 2023-10-06 |