CVE-2017-8786

CRITICAL

PCRE2 10.23 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via Crafted Regular Expression

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=697
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=696
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/29/libpcre-heap-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre2test-c/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0407
EPSS Percentile 89.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
pcre/pcre2 10.23
Published May 05, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026