CVE-2019-16166 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published 9 Sep 2019 Updated 5 Aug 2024

A heap-based buffer over-read in GNU cflow allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose sensitive memory contents via crafted input.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2019-16166?

CVE-2019-16166 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16166?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Gnu Cflow.

How do I fix CVE-2019-16166?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2019-16166 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16166 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16166, GHSA-5g5w-m23x-cv77, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16166.