Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting pcre package, versions <8.44-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.9% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-PCRE-7010844
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed15 Jun 2020

Introduced: 15 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-14155  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 pcre to version 8.44-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre package and not the pcre package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

libpcre in PCRE before 8.44 allows an integer overflow via a large number after a (?C substring.

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