CVE-2025-8736CWE-119CWE-120
GNU cflow Lexer c.c yylex buffer overflow
Medium · published August 8, 2025
What it is
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU cflow up to 1.8. Affected by this issue is the function yylex of the file c.c of the component Lexer. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Technical detail
- CVSS v4.0
- 4.8 · MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- EPSS
- 0.00170 · 6.0th percentile
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer; CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
- Published
- 2025-08-08T19:02Z
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