Out-of-bounds Read in Gnu Cflow

CVE-2019-16166

GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (62.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Cflow
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16166?: CVE-2019-16166 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Cflow, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-16166?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.