Out-of-bounds Read Affecting pcre package, versions [,8.43)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PCRE-2319145
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed15 Jun 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Jun 2020

CVE-2019-20838  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pcre to version 8.43 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read libpcre in PCRE before 8.43 allows a subject buffer over-read in JIT when UTF is disabled, and \X or \R has more than one fixed quantifier, a related issue to CVE-2019-20454.

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