CVE-2018-21232
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 29, 2020 at 01:36 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:54 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRE2C
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
re2c before 2.0 has uncontrolled recursion that causes stack consumption in find_fixed_tags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/14/4x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c/issues/219x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/27/2CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-674
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