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NIXPKGS-2026-1497
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CVE-2026-8258
1.9 LOW
- CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
- Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Attack Requirement (AT): None (N)
- Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): Low (L)
- Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): Low (L)
- Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): Low (L)
- Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
- Exploit Maturity (E): POC (P)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): None (N)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): Low (L)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): Low (L)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): Low (L)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Negligible (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Negligible (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
- Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
- Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
- Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
- Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
- Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
- Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
- Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
- Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
- Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
by @LeSuisse Activity log
- Created suggestion
- @LeSuisse ignored package vimPlugins.nvim-treesitter-parsers.squirrel
- @LeSuisse ignored reference VDB-36255…
- @LeSuisse accepted
- @LeSuisse published on GitHub
Squirrel sqstdstring.cpp validate_format stack-based overflow
A flaw has been found in Squirrel up to 3.2. Impacted is the function validate_format in the library sqstdlib/sqstdstring.cpp. Executing a manipulation can lead to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
References
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VDB-362555 | Squirrel sqstdstring.cpp validate_format stack-based overflow technical-descriptionvdb-entry
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Submit #809873 | albertodemichelis squirrel 3.2 Stack-based Buffer Overflow third-party-advisory
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Ignored references (1)
Affected products
Squirrel
- ==3.2
- ==3.0
- ==3.1
Matching in nixpkgs
Ignored packages (1)
pkgs.vimPlugins.nvim-treesitter-parsers.squirrel
Tree-sitter grammar for squirrel
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nixos-unstable 0.0.0+rev=072c969
- nixpkgs-unstable 0.0.0+rev=072c969
- nixos-unstable-small 0.0.0+rev=072c969