DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6354

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6354 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

9.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	flex	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	flex	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	flex	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	flex	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Sep 21, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6354 advisory

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