CVE-2025-8736
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BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-08-08
Last updated on: 2026-04-29
Assigner: VulDB
Description
Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU cflow up to 1.8. Affected by this issue is the function yylex of the file c.c of the component Lexer. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| gnu | cflow | 1.8 |
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Exploitability
CWE
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| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-119 | The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data. |
| CWE-120 | The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a buffer overflow issue found in the yylex function of the c.c file in the Lexer component of GNU cflow up to version 1.8. It requires local access to exploit and can lead to memory corruption due to improper handling of input in the affected function.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can lead to a buffer overflow, which may cause crashes, data corruption, or potentially allow an attacker with local access to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on the affected system.
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