CVE-2014-8964

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8964
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-16 18:59:10 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.2 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libpcre: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201607-02) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[pcre] Revision 1513 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exim.org Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: pcre-8.35-8.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
PCRE 'pcre_exec.c' Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 1546 – Heap buffer overflow in pcregrep af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.exim.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1166147 – CVE-2014-8964 pcre: incorrect handling of zero-repeat assertion conditions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0534 - Updated pcre packages fix security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:137 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: mingw-pcre-8.35-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: mingw-pcre-8.33-4.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:002 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: mingw-pcre-8.33-4.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0858-1: moderate: Security update for pcre af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: heap buffer overflow in PCRE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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