ubuntu-cve-2021-46168
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-01-14 21:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:53
Summary
Details

Spin v6.5.1 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds write in lex() at spinlex.c.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Spin v6.5.1 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds write in lex() at spinlex.c.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46168",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:53:40Z",
  "published": "2022-01-14T21:15:00Z",
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    },
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    }
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}



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