CVE-2019-6293
MEDIUMflex 2.6.4 - Denial of Service via Recursive mark_beginning_as_normal Calls
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/westes/flex/issues/414
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0159
EPSS Percentile
72.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (1)
westes/flex
2.6.4
Published
Jan 15, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026