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.
Published 2008-07-16 18:41:00
Updated 2025-04-09 00:30:58
Source MITRE
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Products affected by CVE-2008-3196

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3196

0.40%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 58 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-3196

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.8
HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
10.0
6.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-3196

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-3196

  • Red Hat 2008-07-17
    Red 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.

References for CVE-2008-3196

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