CVE-2022-23901 is a critical stack overflow vulnerability in re2c 2.2, stemming from infinite recursion in src/dfa/dead_rules.cc. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:re2c:re2c:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.