CVE-2017-8399

PCRE2 before 10.30 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow in pcre2_match.c, related to a "pattern with very many captures."

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : 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://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=674	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=783	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98315	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09	Third Party Advisory
https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2/code/tags/pcre2-10.30/ChangeLog?revision=854&view=markup

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2017-05-01 11:59

Updated : 2018-08-28 10:29

NVD link : CVE-2017-8399

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8399

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Products Affected

pcre

pcre2

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