CVE-2017-16231

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
** DISPUTED ** In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match() in pcre_exec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be used to limit the amount of stack that is used.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-16231
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-03-21T15:59:56
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-04-02T13:55:25
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:8.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2047 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101688 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/33 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150897/PCRE-8.41-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16231
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16231
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:44:46 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 18:17:40 2019-03-21T15:59Z 2019-03-21T15:59:56 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 18:17:40 2019-04-02T13:55:25 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 18:17:40 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated