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CVE-2016-3191

Disclosure Date: March 17, 2016 •
CVE-2016-3191
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Description

The compile_branch function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.22 mishandles patterns containing an (*ACCEPT) substring in conjunction with nested parentheses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-3542.

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Vendors

  • pcre

Products

  • pcre 8.00,
  • pcre 8.01,
  • pcre 8.02,
  • pcre 8.10,
  • pcre 8.11,
  • pcre 8.12,
  • pcre 8.13,
  • pcre 8.20,
  • pcre 8.21,
  • pcre 8.30,
  • pcre 8.31,
  • pcre 8.32,
  • pcre 8.33,
  • pcre 8.34,
  • pcre 8.35,
  • pcre 8.36,
  • pcre 8.37,
  • pcre 8.38,
  • pcre2
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