Denial of service in PCRE2
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2022-41409 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-190 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
PCRE2 Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
| Vendor | PCRE |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU79112
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41409
CWE-ID:
CWE-190 - Integer overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in pcre2test. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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Vulnerable software versionsPCRE2: 10.00 - 10.40
External linkshttp://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/issues/141
http://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/commit/94e1c001761373b7d9450768aa15d04c25547a35
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
