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CVE-2017-16231

Date: March 17, 2019

In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match() in pcre_exec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be used to limit the amount of stack that is used

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101688
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2047
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/33
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150897/PCRE-8.41-Buffer-Overflow.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16231
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-16231

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV):
Access Complexity (AC):
Authentication (AU):
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH
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