CVE-2017-16231
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.10%
Description
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
How to fix CVE-2017-16231
To remediate CVE-2017-16231, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/pcre—upgrade to 7.8-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 4.0.9-r0 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2017-16231 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 7.8-r0
- from 0, < 4.0.9-r0
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |