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CVE-2017-8786

Published: 5 May 2017

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
issue is in pcre2test, which is a test program

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
pcre2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(10.31-2)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(10.31-3)
disco Not vulnerable
(10.32-4)
impish Not vulnerable
(10.32-4)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(10.32-4)
xenial Needed

kinetic Not vulnerable
(10.32-4)
lunar Not vulnerable
(10.32-4)
eoan Not vulnerable
(10.32-4)
focal Not vulnerable
(10.32-4)
groovy Not vulnerable
(10.32-4)
jammy Not vulnerable
(10.32-4)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (10.31-1)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Not vulnerable
(10.32-4)
Patches:
upstream: https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=696
upstream: https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=697

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H