Description
The compile_branch function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.22 mishandles patterns containing an (*ACCEPT) substring in conjunction with nested parentheses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-3542.
Published: 2016-03-17
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 11.3% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2943-1 PCRE vulnerabilities
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Pcre Pcre Pcre2
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:47:58.389Z

Reserved: 2016-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3191

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-03-17T23:59:01.447

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-3191

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-02-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3191 - Bugzilla

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