CVE-2019-20838

HIGH

Pcre < 8.43 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

libpcre in PCRE before 8.43 allows a subject buffer over-read in JIT when UTF is disabled, and \X or \R has more than one fixed quantifier, a related issue to CVE-2019-20454.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.gentoo.org/717920
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.pcre.org/original/changelog.txt
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211931
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212147
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Feb/14

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 53.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (4)
apple/macos < 11.0.1
pcre/pcre < 8.43
splunk/universal_forwarder 9.1.0
splunk/universal_forwarder 8.2.0 - 8.2.12
Published Jun 15, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026