Medium CVSS 5.3

Overview

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.

Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟡 MEDIUM.

  • CVSS: 5.3 (MEDIUM)
  • Detected tags: buffer (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Prioritize remediation based on business criticality and exposure.
  • Limit exposure and increase monitoring until fixed.

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