CVE-2016-3191
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 17, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 15, 2016
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.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- 84810vdb-entry
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=489
- RHSA-2016:1132vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
- RHSA-2016:1025vendor-advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/815921
- https://bugs.debian.org/815920
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311503
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1791
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1631
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