CVE-2014-9769

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 High 7.3

Description

pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE 8.35 does not properly use table jumps to optimize nested alternatives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by packets encountered by Suricata during use of a regular expression in an Emerging Threats Open ruleset.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2014-9769

Assigner
security@debian.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2016-03-28T16:59:00

Last Modified Date
2016-12-03T03:02:15

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.35:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
7.5

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
LOW

Base Score
7.3

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/1693
https://bugs.debian.org/819050
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/26/1
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1475
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85570
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035424

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9769
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9769

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:02:16				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:45:00	2016-03-28T16:59Z	2016-03-28T16:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 08:45:00		2016-12-03T03:02:15	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 08:45:00		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated