Vulnerability in Gnu Bison

CVE-2020-14150

GNU Bison before 3.5.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash). NOTE: there is a risk only if Bison is used with untrusted input, and an observed bug happens to cause unsafe behavior with a specific compiler/archi…

EPSS: 0.004 (32.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14150?
CVE-2020-14150 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Bison. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-06-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-14150?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-14150 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.