CVE-2017-7245

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in pcre_get.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WRITE of size 4) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Affected products

Pcre: 8.40

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97067
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/20/libpcre-two-stack-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre32_copy_substring-pcre_get-c/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-25
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97067
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/20/libpcre-two-stack-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre32_copy_substring-pcre_get-c/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-25

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