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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16166

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

Products
cflow
Affected versions
1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1, 1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.16.04.1~esm1, 1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.18.04.1~esm1, 1:1.6-4, 1:1.6-6, 1:1.7-2, 1:1.7-4, 1:1.7-5, 1:1.8-1, 1:1.8-1build1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2019-16166
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 00:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16166

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Sept 2019, 17:15 UTC

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

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16166

cflow

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cflow

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cflow

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cflow

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cflow

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cflow

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cflow

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cflow

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Complete source record
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