SB2017050106 - Buffer overflow in PCRE PCRE2
Published: May 1, 2017 Updated: July 18, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017050106
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8399)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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."
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.