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CVE-2008-3196
skeleton.c in yacc does not properly handle reduction of a rule with an empty right hand side, which allows context-dependent attackers to…
High7.8EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- [openbsd-cvs] 20080708 Re: CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: src (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 31073 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [openbsd-cvs] 20080708 CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: src (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2151 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
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