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Overview
** DISPUTED ** 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.
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CVSS Score
5.5
low severity
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Attack VectorLocal
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Attack ComplexityLow
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Privileges RequiredLow
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User InteractionNone
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ScopeUnchanged
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ConfidentialityNone
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IntegrityNone
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AvailabilityHigh
- CVE
- CVE-2017-16231
- CWE
- CWE-119
- Snyk ID
- SNYK-DEBIAN10-PCRE3-345530
- Disclosed
- 21 Mar, 2019
- Published
- 27 Jun, 2018