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CVE-2019-6293

 

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

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*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Se ha descubierto un problema en la función mark_beginning_as_normal en nfa.c en la versión 2.6.4 de flex. Hay un problema de agotamiento de pila causado por la función mark_beginning_as_normal, haciendo llamadas recursivas a sí misma en ciertos casos que implican el uso frecuente de caracteres '*'. Atacantes remotos pueden explotar esta vulnerabilidad para provocar una denegación de servicio.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
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Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2019-01-14 CVE Reserved
  • 2019-01-15 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-16 First Exploit
  • 2024-11-24 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion
CAPEC
References (1)
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URL Date SRC
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Westes
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Flex
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2.6.4
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Affected