CVE-2016-1283

critical

Description

The pcre_compile2 function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.38 mishandles the /((?:F?+(?:^(?(R)a+\"){99}-))(?J)(?'R'(?'R'<((?'RR'(?'R'\){97)?J)?J)(?'R'(?'R'\){99|(:(?|(?'R')(\k'R')|((?'R')))H'R'R)(H'R))))))/ pattern and related patterns with named subgroups, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-14

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.343110

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79825

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178955.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178193.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-01-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical