Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-9769

Title: Pcre Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-9769.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Mar 28, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.3 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.35%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-9769: pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE 8.35 does not properly use table jumps to optimize nested alternatives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by packets encountered by Suricata during use of a regular expression in an Emerging Threats Open ruleset.

Impacted Vendors

P
pcre 1
P
perl 1

Reference Links

http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1475 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/26/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85570 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035424 https://bugs.debian.org/819050 https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/1693 http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1475 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/26/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85570 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035424 https://bugs.debian.org/819050 https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/1693
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-9769 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.