PT-2006-1525 · Gnu · Flex

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: flex versions prior to 2.5.33 Description: The issue is related to the allocation of memory for grammars containing REJECT statements or trailing context rules. This causes the generation of code that contains a buffer overflow, which might...

Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : flex vulnerability (USN-260-1)

Chris Moore discovered a buffer overflow in a particular class of lexicographical scanners generated by flex. This could be exploited to execute arbitrary code by processing specially crafted user-defined input to an application that uses a flex scanner for parsing. This flaw particularly affects...

USN-260-1: flex vulnerability

Chris Moore discovered a buffer overflow in a particular class of lexicographical scanners generated by flex. This could be exploited to execute arbitrary code by processing specially crafted user-defined input to an application that uses a flex scanner for parsing. This flaw particularly affects...