Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?P=B)((?P=B)(?J:(?P<B>c)(?P<B>a(?P=B)))>WGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74934
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/01/7
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/11
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0916
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (5)
pcre/pcre
8.34
pcre/pcre
8.35
pcre/pcre
8.36
pcre/pcre
8.37
pcre/pcre2
10.10
Published
Dec 13, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026