The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles...
Vulnerability Description
The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
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References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/29-Heap-Overflow-in-PCRE.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173700.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77695
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
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