Compiler crash via empty parser block dereference
Published Feb 10, 2026 · Updated Feb 10, 2026
Memory corruption in Lobster 2025.0 through 2025.4 allows local users to crash the compiler with a crafted source file. ParseStatements accepts an attribute-only statement that adds no AST node, then calls block->children.back() on the empty vector and performs an invalid read. The user must be able to invoke the local compiler on the file; the demonstrated consequence is a segmentation fault and process abort, not code execution.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in Lobster 2025.0 through 2025.4 allows local users to crash the compiler with a crafted source file. ParseStatements accepts an attribute-only statement that adds no AST node, then calls block->children.back() on the empty vector and performs an invalid read. The user must be able to invoke the local compiler on the file; the demonstrated consequence is a segmentation fault and process abort, not code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-2259
- Published
- Feb 10, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 10, 2026
- Vendor
- aardappel
- Product
- Lobster
- Classifications
- CWE-119
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2025.0
- Affected versionversion=2025.1
- Affected versionversion=2025.2
- Affected versionversion=2025.3
- Affected versionversion=2025.4
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