Out-of-bounds Read Affecting pcre2 package, versions <0:10.32-2.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.56% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-PCRE2-2569648
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed14 Feb 2020

Introduced: 14 Feb 2020

CVE-2019-20454  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 pcre2 to version 0:10.32-2.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4539.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre2 package and not the pcre2 package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds read was discovered in PCRE before 10.34 when the pattern \X is JIT compiled and used to match specially crafted subjects in non-UTF mode. Applications that use PCRE to parse untrusted input may be vulnerable to this flaw, which would allow an attacker to crash the application. The flaw occurs in do_extuni_no_utf in pcre2_jit_compile.c.

CVSS Base Scores

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