vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-8399: PCRE2: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | May 1, 2017 | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 1, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
PCRE2 before 10.30 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow in pcre2_match.c, related to a "pattern with very many captures."
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libpcre2
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