CVE-2026-50643 PUBLISHED

Out‑of‑Bounds Read in 8cc

Assigner: CERT-PL
Reserved: 05.06.2026 Published: 18.06.2026 Updated: 18.06.2026

8cc is vulnerable to an Out‑of‑Bounds Read due to improper handling of #line directives and GNU linemarkers. The compiler accepts attacker-controlled filename and line number metadata and later uses it without validation when accessing source line arrays. By supplying invalid or oversized line numbers, an attacker can trigger out-of-bounds memory access and a crash.

Maintainer of this project was notified early about this vulnerability, but didn't respond with the details of vulnerability or vulnerable version range. Version corresponding to the commit b480958 was tested and confirmed as vulnerable, other versions were not tested but might also be vulnerable.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.1

Product Status

Vendor rui314
Product 8cc
Versions Default: unknown
  • Version b480958 is affected

Credits

  • Michal Majchrowicz (AFINE) finder
  • Marcin Wyczechowski (AFINE) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers