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An issue was discovered in the function mark_beginning_as_normal in nfa.c in flex 2.6.4. There is a stack exhaustion problem caused by the mark_beginning_as_normal function making recursive calls to itself in certain scenarios involving lots of '*' characters. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service.
Base Score
5.5| Base Score | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| Vector String | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Base Severity | Medium |
| Version | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector (AV) | LOCAL |