CVE-2017-16231 (GCVE-0-2017-16231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-17 16:24 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:20 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
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
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-26 19:41 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pcre pcre Affected: 8.41
    cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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