CVE-2017-8786
N/A
Published: May 5, 2017 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPCRE2
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/29/libpcre-heap-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre2test-c/x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=696x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=697Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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