CVE-2020-11958

HIGH

re2c 1.3 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Scanner::fill

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

re2c 1.3 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Scanner::fill in parse/scanner.cc via a long lexeme.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/19/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/21/1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4338-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4338-2/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-28

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0058
EPSS Percentile 69.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (3)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 20.04
re2c/re2c 1.3
Published Apr 21, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026