Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-6354 First vendor Publication 2016-09-21
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-10-06

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 9.8
Base Score 9.8 Environmental Score 9.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 9.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 3.9
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Heap-based buffer overflow in the yy_get_next_buffer function in Flex before 2.6.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving num_to_read.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6354

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-02-20 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201802-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-31 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1442-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-24 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_53_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-24 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_52_1_esr.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-24 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_45_9_esr.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-24 Name : The remote macOS or Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by ...
File : macosx_firefox_53_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-24 Name : The remote macOS or Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by ...
File : macosx_firefox_52_1_esr.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-24 Name : The remote macOS or Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by ...
File : macosx_firefox_45_9_esr.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-02 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-189.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-12 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-31.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-12 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-8d79ade826.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-05 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1155.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-28 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2397-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-26 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1120.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-08 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1057.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-02 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2195-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-02 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2131-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-02 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2061-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-30 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1028.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-29 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1019.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3653.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-c9ad9582f7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM https://github.com/westes/flex/commit/a5cbe929ac3255d371e698f62dc256afe7006466
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3653
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-31
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/12

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2023-10-06 21:28:00
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2020-05-23 02:00:54
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2017-06-01 13:24:59
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2017-04-25 13:23:06
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2017-02-03 13:25:13
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2017-01-18 09:28:26
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2017-01-13 13:24:47
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2016-12-13 13:24:13
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2016-10-06 13:23:45
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2016-09-29 13:25:19
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2016-09-27 13:24:48
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2016-09-22 21:25:32
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2016-09-21 21:29:44
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