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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20454
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20454
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | pcre2 | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | pcre2 | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | pcre2 | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | pcre2 | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Feb 14, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated