CVE-2025-8736

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow5 documents5 sources
Severity
4.8MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Cflow
Timeline
PublishedAug 8

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU cflow up to 1.8. Affected by this issue is the function yylex of the file c.c of the component Lexer. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages1 packages

▶CVEListV5gnu/cflow9 versions+8

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2025-8736: A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU cflow up to 1↗2025-08-08
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CVEList
GNU cflow Lexer c.c yylex buffer overflow↗2025-08-08
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GHSA
GHSA-c6jh-8mvm-v593: A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU cflow up to 1↗2025-08-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2025-8736: cflow - A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU cflow u...↗2025
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