ALPINE-CVE-2016-3191
- Source
- https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-3191
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-3191.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2016-3191
- Upstream
- Published
- 2016-03-17T23:59:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-25T23:51:04.392591Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The compilebranch function in pcrecompile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.22 mishandles patterns containing an (*ACCEPT) substring in conjunction with nested parentheses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-3542.
- References