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CVE-2017-16231

ADVISORY - nist

Summary

In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match() in pcre_exec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be used to limit the amount of stack that is used

EPSS Score⁠: 0.00096 (0.277)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-119⁠

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

ADVISORY - redhat

CWE-119⁠

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-400⁠

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Impacted images

Advisories

NIST

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2017-16231⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

1.8

EXPLOITS FOUND
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CWE-119⁠

CVSS SCORE

5.5medium

Alpine

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2017-16231⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Debian

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2017-16231⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Alow

Ubuntu

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2017-16231⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

1.8

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

5.5low

Red Hat

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2017-16231⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

1.8

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CWE-119⁠CWE-400⁠

CVSS SCORE

5.5medium

intheWild

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2017-16231⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND

-

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY