UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8964

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8964
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8964.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8964
Upstream
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Related
Published
2014-12-16T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:48:12.904541Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted regular expression, related to an assertion that allows zero repeats.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3@1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

1:8.*

1:8.31-2
1:8.31-2ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pcregrep",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pcregrep-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ]
}