CVE-2017-16231
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.10%Published: 3/21/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/pcrefrom 0, < 7.8-r0
- Alpine/tifffrom 0, < 4.0.9-r0
- Debian/pcre3from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |