High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6004
CVE-2017-6004
Description
The compile_bracket_matchingpath function in pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE through 8.x before revision 1680 (e.g., the PHP 7.1.1 bundled version) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted regular expression.
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Affected products
34- osv-coords32 versionspkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/pcre&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/selinux-policy&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_jit_compile.cnvdPatch
- bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96295nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037850nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486nvd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-11nvd
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