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CVE-2014-8964 (GCVE-0-2014-8964)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:33

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted regular expression, related to an assertion that allows zero repeats.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

16 references

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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71206	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/6	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1166147	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Date Public

2014-11-19 00:00

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      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T12:23:35+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2014-8964",
      "id": "CVE-2014-8964",
      "initial_release_date": "2014-11-18T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "224",
      "product_status:known_affected": "54",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "4",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "pcre: incorrect handling of zero-repeat assertion conditions",
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      "version": "3"
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}

SUSE-SU-2016:3161-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-12-15 11:42 - Updated: 2016-12-15 11:42

Summary

Security update for pcre

Severity

Moderate

Scope

25 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2014-8964.

CVE-2014-8964

Recommended: 104 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2017-10-10 19:37 - Updated: 2017-10-10 19:37

Summary

Security update for SLES 12 Docker image

Severity

Important

Scope

140 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2014-8964.

CVE-2014-8964

Recommended: 3 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2017-10-10 19:37 - Updated: 2017-10-10 19:37

Summary

Security update for SLES 12-SP1 Docker image

Severity

Important

Scope

143 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2014-8964.

CVE-2014-8964

Recommended: 3 products

Open the full advisory

ubuntu-cve-2014-8964

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-12-16 00:00

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

Details

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8964	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2694-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8964	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
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          {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "pcregrep",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
          }
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      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "pcre3",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3@1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1:8.31-2",
        "1:8.31-2ubuntu2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted regular expression, related to an assertion that allows zero repeats.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8964",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:44Z",
  "published": "2014-12-16T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8964"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2694-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8964"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2694-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-8964"
  ]
}

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CVE-2014-8964 (GCVE-0-2014-8964)

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