VDB
GHSA-59rh-53qm-wcv4
GHSA-59rh-53qm-wcv4
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
The compile_bracket_matchingpath function in pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE through 8.x before revision 1680 (e.g., the PHP 7.1.1 bundled version) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted regular expression.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-59rh-53qm-wcv4
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References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E url
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96295 url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037850 url
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E url
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E url
- https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_jit_compile.c?r1=1676&r2=1680&view=patch url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6004 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 url
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-11 url