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Status published
Medium
CVE-2025-8736
GNU cflow Lexer c.c yylex buffer overflow
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
cflow
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 8th, 2025
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R