CVE-2014-8964
N/A
Published: December 16, 2014 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC
11 products affected across 6 vendorsFedoraEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted regular expression, related to an assertion that allows zero repeats.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
10.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.18
Affected range stops below 10.0.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html
References (16)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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