CVE-2017-7246 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Pcre

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation13 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PcreDebian Pcre3
Timeline
PublishedMar 23
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in pcre_get.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WRITE of size 268) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDpcre/pcre8.40
▶debiandebian/pcre3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3fjr-mgxw-wcwm: Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in pcre_get↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-7246: Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in pcre_get↗2017-03-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
pcre: stack-based buffer overflow write in pcre32_copy_substring↗2017-03-23
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Debian
CVE-2017-7246: pcre3 - Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in pcre_get.c ...↗2017
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💬Community

8
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-7244 CVE-2017-7245 CVE-2017-7246 mingw-glib2: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-03-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-7244 CVE-2017-7245 CVE-2017-7246 mingw-pcre: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-03-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-7245 pcre: stack-based buffer overflow write in pcre32_copy_substring↗2017-03-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-7244 CVE-2017-7245 CVE-2017-7246 glib2: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-03-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-7246 pcre: stack-based buffer overflow write in pcre32_copy_substring↗2017-03-30
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CVE-2017-7246 — Pcre vulnerability | cvebase