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CVE-2017-16231
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-03-21T15:59:56.217 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:09:01.150

Summary

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

Affected products

pcre — pcre

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References

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