High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7245
CVE-2017-7245
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in pcre_get.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WRITE of size 4) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
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Affected products
33- 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
4- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97067nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/20/libpcre-two-stack-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre32_copy_substring-pcre_get-c/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-25nvd
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