CVE-2017-8786

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-03-21
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1500717: CVE-2017-8786 pcre2: Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre2test.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.

Find out more about CVE-2017-8786 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 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pcre2 Will not fix

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