vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-16231: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 17, 2019 | Aug 22, 2024 | Dec 22, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 17, 2019
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Dec 22, 2025
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
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-pcrealpine-linux-upgrade-tiff
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