Description
pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.
Published: 2017-05-05
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17729 pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00703}

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{'score': 0.00671}


Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.01134}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.018Z

Reserved: 2017-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8786

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-05T00:29:00.213

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-8786

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-03-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8786 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses