CVE-2016-3191

Description

The compile_branch function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.22 mishandles patterns containing an (*ACCEPT) substring in conjunction with nested parentheses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-3542.

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311503

https://bugs.debian.org/815921

https://bugs.debian.org/815920

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84810

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886

http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1631

http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=489

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3