VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-8964
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 6.50%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.50% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- pcre/pcre · mariadb/mariadb · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/opensuse · oracle/solaris · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre?view=revision&revision=1513Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:002Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:137Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71206Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1166147Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02Third Party Advisory
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre?view=revision&revision=1513Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:002Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:137Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71206Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.