vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2017-7245)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 23, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 23, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A stack-based write buffer overflow has been found in libpcre <= 8.40, in the pcretest utility. It can lead to arbitrary code execution via a crafted expression passed to the pcretest command.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-7245
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-7245
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97067
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- URL-https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/20/libpcre-invalid-memory-read-in-_pcre32_xclass-pcre_xclass-c/
- URL-https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/20/libpcre-two-stack-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre32_copy_substring-pcre_get-c/
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201707-20
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-25
- URL-https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_ucd.c?r1=1490&r2=1688&sortby=date
- CWE-119
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