CVE-2014-8964

pcre: incorrect handling of zero-repeat assertion conditions

Published Dec 16, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 6.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted regular expression, related to an assertion that allows zero repeats.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8791 Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted regular expression, related to an assertion that allows zero repeats.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2694-1 PCRE vulnerabilities
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