VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-21232
re2c before 2.0 has uncontrolled recursion that causes stack consumption in find_fixed_tags.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.47%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
re2c before 2.0 has uncontrolled recursion that causes stack consumption in find_fixed_tags.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.47% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-674
- Affected
- re2c/re2c
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/14/4
- https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c/issues/219Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/14/4
- https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c/issues/219Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.