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 |
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https://github.com/westes/flex/issues/414 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
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
Products Affected
flex_project
- flex