DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6354

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6354
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6354.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6354
Upstream
Published
2016-09-21T14:25:20Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:20Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the yygetnextbuffer 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 numto_read.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / flex

Package

Name
flex
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/flex?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / flex

Package

Name
flex
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/flex?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / flex

Package

Name
flex
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/flex?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / flex

Package

Name
flex
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/flex?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}