Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-8399
PCRE2 before 10.30 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow in pcre2_match.c, related to a "pattern with very many captures."
Vulnerability category: Overflow
Products affected by CVE-2017-8399
- cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-8399
1.19%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 83 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2017-8399
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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7.5
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
10.0
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6.4
|
NIST | |
9.8
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CRITICAL | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
3.9
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5.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2017-8399
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2017-8399
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98315
PCRE 'pcre2_match.c' Stack Buffer Overflow VulnerabilityThird Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=783
783 - pcre2: Stack-buffer-overflow in pcre2_match_8 - oss-fuzz - MonorailThird Party Advisory
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https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=674
[pcre2] Revision 674Patch;Vendor Advisory
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09
PCRE2: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201710-09) — Gentoo securityThird Party Advisory
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https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2/code/tags/pcre2-10.30/ChangeLog?revision=854&view=markup
[pcre2] Contents of /code/tags/pcre2-10.30/ChangeLog
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