CVE-2019-16166
GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.
GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.5
GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.
- Record
CVE-2019-16166- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.
- Record
CVE-2019-16166- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-6986 No score
GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.
- Record
EUVD-2019-6986- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5g5w-m23x-cv77
6.5
GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.
GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.
- Record
GHSA-5g5w-m23x-cv77- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.
- Record
CVE-2019-16166- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-16166
6.5
GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16166- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-16166
6.5
GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16166- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11709-1 No score
cflow-1.7-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the cflow-1.7-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11709-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
cflowDebian:12 |
before 1:1.6-6 | 1:1.6-6 |
cflowDebian:13 |
before 1:1.6-6 | 1:1.6-6 |
cflowDebian:14 |
before 1:1.6-6 | 1:1.6-6 |
cflowUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu11:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.16.04.1~esm1 |
None known |
cflowUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu11:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.18.04.1~esm1 |
None known |
cflowUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.6-4 |
None known |
cflowUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.6-41:1.6-61:1.7-2 |
None known |
cflowUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.7-41:1.7-5 |
None known |
cflowUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.7-51:1.8-1 |
None known |
cflowUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.8-1build1 |
None known |
cflowUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:1.8-11:1.8-1build1 |
None known |
cflowopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 1.7-1.1 | 1.7-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-16166 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Gnu Cflow, published September 9, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.11%, the 66th percentile. Fixed in cflow 1:1.6-6.
References
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cflow/2019-04/msg00000.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16166
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5g5w-m23x-cv77
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16166
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16166
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16166
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16165
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16166