CVE-2017-8399

Published: May 1, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

PCRE2 before 10.30 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow in pcre2_match.c, related to a "pattern with very many captures."

Affected (1)

Products: Pcre: Pcre2

Pcre

1 product

Pcre2

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Pcre Pcre2	Before 10.30

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (10)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98315

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=783

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2/code/tags/pcre2-10.30/ChangeLog?revision=854&view=markup

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=674

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98315