Name: CVE-2014-9769: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-9769, CWE-119, CVSS 7.3, EPSS 0.00934

pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE 8.35 does not properly use table jumps to optimize nested alternatives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by packets encountered by Suricata during use of a regular expression in an Emerging Threats Open ruleset.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade pcre	Aug 30, 2017	Dec 1, 2015
Debian	—	Upgrade pcre3	Jul 30, 2024	Mar 28, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libpcre3	May 18, 2016	Mar 28, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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