High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 21, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-11958
CVE-2020-11958
Description
re2c 1.3 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Scanner::fill in parse/scanner.cc via a long lexeme.
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Affected products
1- re2c/re2cdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/skvadrik/re2c/commit/c4603ba5ce229db83a2a4fb93e6d4b4e3ec3776anvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/21/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2020/04/19/re2c-heap-overflow-in-scannerfill-scanner-cc/nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-28nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4338-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4338-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/19/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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