CVE-2017-16231
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.5%
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
- CVSS v3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v2.0
- 2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - EPSS
- 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 44th percentile
- Published
- 2019-03-17
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
Proof-of-concept exploits (3)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8
- followboy1999/cve1★ · 2020-10-12