CVE-2017-7246

Publication date 23 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pcre3	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

This is actually an issue in the pcretest binary, which we don't ship in Ubuntu same commit as CVE-2017-7245

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
pcre3	Upstream: http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1691

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H