CVE-2017-11164

Published: Jul 11, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In PCRE 8.41, the OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c allows stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) when processing a crafted regular expression.

Affected (1)

Products: Pcre: Pcre

Pcre

1 product

Pcre

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Pcre Pcre	Version 8.41

Related CWEs

CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

References (10)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/11/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/11/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99575

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/11/3