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CVE-2019-6293
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-01-15T00:29:00.523 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:38:57.997

Summary

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.

Affected products

westes — flex

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References

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