Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-8399

Description

PCRE2 before 10.30 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow in pcre2_match.c, related to a "pattern with very many captures."

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Affected products

Pcre/Pcre
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.30

Patches

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References

vcs.pcre.org/pcre2nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98315nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detailnvdThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09nvdThird Party Advisory
vcs.pcre.org/pcre2/code/tags/pcre2-10.30/ChangeLognvd

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