DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16231

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16231
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16231.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16231
Upstream
Published
2019-03-21T15:59:56.217Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:12:58.996736Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2:8.*
2:8.39-13
2:8.39-14
2:8.39-15
2:8.39-15.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16231.json"

Debian:12 / pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2:8.*
2:8.39-15
2:8.39-15.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16231.json"