CVE-2017-11164
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.11%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-11164
To remediate CVE-2017-11164, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/pcre—upgrade to 7.8-r0 or later
- Debian/pcre3—no fix listed
Is CVE-2017-11164 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 7.8-r0
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |