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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 29, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-21232

CVE-2018-21232

Description

re2c before 2.0 has uncontrolled recursion that causes stack consumption in find_fixed_tags.

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Affected products

7

re2c/re2cdescription
osv-coords6 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/re2c&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/re2c&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5 pkg:rpm/suse/re2c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/re2c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/re2c&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2 pkg:rpm/suse/re2c&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2
< 1.0.3-150000.3.3.1+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.3-150000.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.3-150000.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.3-150000.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.3-150000.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.3-150000.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.3-150000.3.3.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

3

github.com/skvadrik/re2c/issues/219nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/27/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/14/4nvd

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