High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-7246
CVE-2017-7246
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 268) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
Affected products
1Patches
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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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