CVE-2017-7186
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 31, 2023
Description
libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 and libpcre2 in PCRE2 10.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation for read access, and application crash) by triggering an invalid Unicode property lookup.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | pcre | Not affected (8.45-r2) |
| Stream | pcre | Not affected (8.45-r3) |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97030
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/14/libpcre-invalid-memory-read-in-match-pcre_exec-c/
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2052
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-25
- https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_internal.h?r1=1649&r2=1688&sortby=date
- https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_ucd.c?r1=1490&r2=1688&sortby=date
- https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2/code/trunk/src/pcre2_internal.h?r1=600&r2=670&sortby=date
- https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2/code/trunk/src/pcre2_ucd.c?r1=316&r2=670&sortby=date