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 crafted regular expression.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/29/libpcre-heap-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre2test-c/	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09
https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=696	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=697	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-05-05 00:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2017-8786

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8786

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-8786

JSON object : View

Products Affected

pcre

pcre2

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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