CVE-2020-14155

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-14155
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-15 17:15:10 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 21:17:23 UTC
Descriptionlibpcre in PCRE before 8.44 allows an integer overflow via a large number after a (?C substring.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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 Apple Macos All All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab All All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab All All All All
Application Pcre Pcre All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2020-12-14-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-1 macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2020-14155 PCRE Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
www.pcre.org/original/changelog.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.pcre.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2021-02-01-1 macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
717920 – (CVE-2019-20838, CVE-2020-14155) <dev-libs/libpcre-8.44: Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-20838, CVE-2020-14155) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685a... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
GitLab Security Release: 13.1.2, 13.0.8 and 12.10.13 | GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 about.gitlab.com Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159497 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for pcre (ELSA-2021-4373)
  • 198789 Ubuntu Security Notification for PCRE Vulnerabilities (USN-5425-1)
  • 20390 IBM DB2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (7087225)
  • 239835 Red Hat Update for pcre (RHSA-2021:4373)
  • 239865 Red Hat Update for red hat jboss core services apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server 2.4.37 sp10 (RHSA-2021:4614)
  • 377648 Oracle Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server (HTTP Server) Multiple Vulnerabilities(CPUOCT2022)
  • 378883 Splunk Enterprise August Third Party Package Updates (SVD-2023-0808)
  • 500517 Alpine Linux Security Update for pcre
  • 504276 Alpine Linux Security Update for pcre
  • 751288 OpenSUSE Security Update for pcre (openSUSE-SU-2021:3529-1)
  • 751317 OpenSUSE Security Update for pcre (openSUSE-SU-2021:1441-1)
  • 751361 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for pcre (SUSE-SU-2021:3652-1)
  • 900129 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for pcre 8.42
  • 903624 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for pcre (1820)
  • 940117 AlmaLinux Security Update for pcre (ALSA-2021:4373)
  • 960410 Rocky Linux Security Update for pcre (RLSA-2021:4373)

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