Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package pcre  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-PCRE-10078097
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed23 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-7244  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The _pcre32_xclass function in pcre_xclass.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read) via a crafted file.