7.8high
CVE-2008-3196
skeleton.c in yacc does not properly handle reduction of a rule with an empty right hand side, which allows context-dependent attackers to…
Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.4%
percentile 73%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
skeleton.c in yacc does not properly handle reduction of a rule with an empty right hand side, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause an out-of-bounds stack access when the yacc stack pointer points to the end of the stack.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.45% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
- marc.info /?l=openbsd-cvs&m=121553036432044&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- secunia.com /advisories/31073 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
- marc.info /?l=openbsd-cvs&m=121553004431393&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/2151/references · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2008-3196
- NVD: CVE-2008-3196
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