CVE-2016-3191
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3191
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3191.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-3191
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-03-17T23:59:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- 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
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1791
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311503
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=489
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1631
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84810
- https://bugs.debian.org/815920
- https://bugs.debian.org/815921
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18