Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-3196
skeleton.c in yacc does not properly handle reduction of a rule with an empty right hand side, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause an out-of-bounds stack access when the yacc stack pointer points to the end of the stack.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3196
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.28%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 65 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-3196
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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7.8
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
10.0
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6.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-3196
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2008-3196
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Red Hat 2008-07-17Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3196 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
- cpe:2.3:a:yacc:yacc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*