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CVE-2020-11958

Publication date 21 April 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
re2c 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.3-1ubuntu0.1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 1.2.1-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

leosilva

introduced by 1.2 by https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c/commit/1edd26a35457c5835afd58b8fa8330d33e7a1192

Patch details

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Package Patch details
re2c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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