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CVE-2014-8964

Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have

Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted regular expression, related to an assertion that allows zero repeats.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.02057
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules2 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

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pcre<= 8.36
mariadb>= 10.0.0 and < 10.0.18
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
opensuseall versions
oracle solarisall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighPCRE.NET Package Temp Files
producthighPCRE.NET Package Image Load
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD16 Dec 2014 · 06:59 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10277-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10447-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:2699-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:2700-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:3161-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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