CVE-2017-8399

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-03-10
CWE:
CWE-121
Bugzilla:
1449629: CVE-2017-8399 pcre2: Stack-based buffer overflow in pcre2_match.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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."

Find out more about CVE-2017-8399 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-mariadb101-mariadb Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-php70-php Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-php56-php Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-mariadb100-mariadb Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 pcre Not affected
Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 httpd Not affected
Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 httpd Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pcre2 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 virtuoso-opensource Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pcre Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 glib2 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pcre Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glib2 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 pcre Not affected

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