CVE-2017-8786: pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a…

PriorityP345critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

4.07%

89.5th percentile

pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	pcre2	< pcre2 10.31-1 (bookworm)	pcre2 10.31-1 (bookworm)
pcre	pcre2	—	—
pcre	pcre2	>= 0 < 10.31-1	10.31-1
pcre	pcre2	>= 0 < 10.31-1	10.31-1
pcre	pcre2	>= 0 < 10.31-1	10.31-1
pcre	pcre2	>= 0 < 10.31-1	10.31-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv9.8CRITICAL

vendor_debian9.8LOW

vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL

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