DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3191

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3191
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3191.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3191
Upstream
Published
2016-03-17T23:59:01Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:44Z
Severity
  • 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

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

Affected packages

Debian:11

pcre2

Package

Name
pcre2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
10.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:8.38-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12

pcre2

Package

Name
pcre2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
10.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:8.38-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13

pcre2

Package

Name
pcre2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
10.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14

pcre2

Package

Name
pcre2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
10.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}