CVE-2017-11164 (GCVE-0-2017-11164)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-11 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:57
VLAI
Summary
In PCRE 8.41, the OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c allows stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) when processing a crafted regular expression.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2017-07-10 00:00
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