UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11164
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164
Upstream
Published
2017-07-11T03:29:00Z
Modified
2026-07-21T18:18:16Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

In PCRE 8.41, the OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c allows stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) when processing a crafted regular expression.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2:8.*
2:8.39-5ubuntu3
2:8.39-8
2:8.39-9
2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre16-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre32-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0v5",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pcregrep",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2:8.*
2:8.39-12
2:8.39-12build1
2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre16-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre32-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0v5",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pcregrep",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2:8.*
2:8.39-13build3
2:8.39-13build4
2:8.39-13build5
2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre16-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre32-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0v5",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pcregrep",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2:8.*
2:8.39-15
2:8.39-15build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre16-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-15build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-15build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre32-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-15build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0v5",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-15build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pcregrep",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-15build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2:8.*
2:8.39-15.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre16-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-15.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-15.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre32-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-15.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0v5",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-15.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pcregrep",
            "binary_version": "2:8.39-15.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:8.*
1:8.31-2
1:8.31-2ubuntu2
1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1
1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2
1:8.31-2ubuntu2.3
1:8.31-2ubuntu2.3+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.3+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pcregrep",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.3+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2:8.*
2:8.35-7.1ubuntu1
2:8.38-1ubuntu1
2:8.38-3
2:8.38-3.1
2:8.38-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
2:8.38-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre16-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre32-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0v5",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pcregrep",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164.json"