CVE-2006-0459

Published Mar 29, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 4.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
flex.skl in Will Estes and John Millaway Fast Lexical Analyzer Generator (flex) before 2.5.33 does not allocate enough memory for grammars containing (1) REJECT statements or (2) trailing context rules, which causes flex to generate code that contains a buffer overflow that might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code.

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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1020-1 New flex packages fix insecure code generation
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-0466 flex.skl in Will Estes and John Millaway Fast Lexical Analyzer Generator (flex) before 2.5.33 does not allocate enough memory for grammars containing (1) REJECT statements or (2) trailing context rules, which causes flex to generate code that contains a buffer overflow that might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-260-1 flex vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:34 PM
Reserved
Jan 27, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 29, 2006, 11:02 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:20 PM