- Description
- Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.1
- Impact score
- 5.2
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- CRITICAL
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.4
- Impact score
- 4.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-119
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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