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GHSA-9JPR-2G6G-WG42

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-08 21:30 – Updated: 2025-10-28 03:30

Details

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU cflow up to 1.8. Affected by this vulnerability is the function yylex of the file c.c of the component Lexer. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Severity ?

3.3 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

1.9 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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  "modified": "2025-10-28T03:30:14Z",
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CVE-2025-8735 (GCVE-0-2025-8735)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-08 18:32 – Updated: 2025-10-28 00:43

Summary

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CWE-404 - Denial of Service

Assigner

VulDB

References

URL

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	https://vuldb.com/?submit.622328	third-party-advisory
	https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cflow/2025…	related
	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q_rDQSEl3cBu6SUb…	exploit
	https://www.gnu.org/	product

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GNU	cflow	Affected: 1.0 Affected: 1.1 Affected: 1.2 Affected: 1.3 Affected: 1.4 Affected: 1.5 Affected: 1.6 Affected: 1.7 Affected: 1.8

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-9JPR-2G6G-WG42

CVE-2025-8735 (GCVE-0-2025-8735)

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