CVE-2022-1586 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2022-1586

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was discovered in the PCRE2 library...

Vulnerability Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was discovered in the PCRE2 library in the compile_xclass_matchingpath() function of the pcre2_jit_compile.c file. This involves a unicode property matching issue in JIT-compiled regular expressions. The issue occurs because the character was not fully read in case-less matching within JIT.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

pcre2
Vulnerable Versions:
Fixed in pcre2-10.40.

Timeline

Official Publish: May 16th, 2022
Last Modified: March 6th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)