CVE-2019-6293

An issue was discovered in the function mark_beginning_as_normal in nfa.c in flex 2.6.4. There is a stack exhaustion problem caused by the mark_beginning_as_normal function making recursive calls to itself in certain scenarios involving lots of '*' characters. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service.
References
Link Resource
https://github.com/westes/flex/issues/414 Exploit Third Party Advisory
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:flex_project:flex:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-01-14 16:29

Updated : 2020-08-24 10:37


NVD link : CVE-2019-6293

Mitre link : CVE-2019-6293


JSON object : View

CWE
CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

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Products Affected

flex_project

  • flex