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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-7244: Out-of-bounds Read

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-7244: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/23/2017
Created
10/02/2024
Added
10/01/2024
Modified
10/01/2024

Description

The _pcre32_xclass function in pcre_xclass.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read) via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-pcre

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