CVE-2014-9769

Description

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.

References

https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/1693

https://bugs.debian.org/819050

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035424

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85570

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/26/1

http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1475

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3