Medium
Security advisory
An issue was discovered in cpp-peglib through v0.1.12. peg::resolve_escape_sequence() in peglib.h has a heap-based buffer over-read.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-23915
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in cpp-peglib through v0.1.12. peg::resolve_escape_sequence() in peglib.h has a heap-based buffer over-read.
osv:CVE-2020-23915
Complete source record
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