UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8786

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8786
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8786.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8786
Upstream
Published
2017-05-05T00:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:58Z
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
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / pcre2

Package

Name
pcre2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre2@10.21-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

10.*

10.20-1
10.20-2
10.20-3
10.21-1