CVE-2019-20838 (GCVE-0-2019-20838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-15 16:50 – Updated: 2024-08-05 02:53
VLAI
Summary
libpcre in PCRE before 8.43 allows a subject buffer over-read in JIT when UTF is disabled, and \X or \R has more than one fixed quantifier, a related issue to CVE-2019-20454.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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