CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-16231
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-03-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match() in pcre_exec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be used to limit the amount of stack that is used
Affected configurations
• pcre pcre 8.41
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150897/PCRE-8.41-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/33 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101688 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2047 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150897/PCRE-8.41-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/33 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101688 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2047 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory