Out-of-Bounds Affecting pcre3 package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.08% (34th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-PCRE3-345529
  • published 27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 21 Mar 2019

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 pcre3.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre3 package and not the pcre3 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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