CVE-2016-3191

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-3191
  • Assigner
  • security@debian.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-03-17T23:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-05T02:30:41
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:8.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.21
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:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/815921
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1631
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=489
https://bugs.debian.org/815920
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1791 Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311503
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84810
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3191
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3191
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:52:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:40:59 2016-03-17T23:59Z 2016-03-17T23:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:40:59 2018-01-05T02:30:41 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:40:59 Modified Vulnerability Status updated