CVE-2018-21232

re2c: uncontrolled recursion that causes stack consumption in find_fixed_tags

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 5, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

re2c before 2.0 has uncontrolled recursion that causes stack consumption in find_fixed_tags.

Statement

This vulnerability does not affect any version of re2c shipped with any version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion