CVE-2014-9769 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2014-9769 REJECTED

pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE 8.35 does not properly use table jumps to optimize nested alternatives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by packets encountered by Suricata during use of a regular expression in an Emerging Threats Open ruleset.

EPSS 0.93% · 76.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.93%

76.0th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	pcre3	0, 1:8.31-2, 1:8.31-2ubuntu2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	pcre3	0, 2:8.35-7.1ubuntu1, 2:8.38-1ubuntu1

Timeline

Mar 28, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2022 EPSS Score
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Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
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Aug 31, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9769 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9769 third-party-advisory

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