CVE-2006-0459Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Flex

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.0%
top 11.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 29
Latest updateMay 1

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDwestes/flex2.5.32
debiandebian/flex< flex 2.5.33-1 (bookworm)
Debianadobe/flex< 2.5.33-1+3

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c6v8-67cp-6v4p: flex2022-05-01
OSV
CVE-2006-0459: flex2006-03-29

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Red Hat
Multiple Wireshark issues (CVE-2007-0457, CVE-2007-0458, CVE-2007-0459)2007-02-01
Ubuntu
flex vulnerability2006-03-07
Debian
CVE-2006-0459: flex - flex.skl in Will Estes and John Millaway Fast Lexical Analyzer Generator (flex) ...2006
Red Hat
CVE-2006-0459: flex