Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-16231

Title: Pcre Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-16231.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Mar 21, 2019
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.52%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-16231: 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

Impacted Vendors

P
pcre 1
P
perl 1

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150897/PCRE-8.41-Buffer-Overflow.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/33 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101688 https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2047 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150897/PCRE-8.41-Buffer-Overflow.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/33 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101688 https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2047
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2017-16231 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.