CVE-2017-8786 (GCVE-0-2017-8786)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-05 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:48
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Summary
pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2017-05-04 00:00
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