CVE-2022-23901

Publication date 29 March 2022

Last updated 27 February 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

A stack overflow re2c 2.2 exists due to infinite recursion issues in src/dfa/dead_rules.cc.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
re2c 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Patch details

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Package Patch details
re2c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H