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CVE-2017-11164

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-674

Description

In PCRE 8.41, the OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c allows stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) when processing a crafted regular expression.

Affected products

• Pcre: 8.41

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/11/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/11/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99575
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/11/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/11/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99575
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E

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