vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-6354: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 21, 2016 | Aug 30, 2017 | Oct 1, 2024 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 21, 2016
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Oct 1, 2024
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the yy_get_next_buffer function in Flex before 2.6.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving num_to_read.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-flex
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