PT-2015-7782

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PCRE versions prior to 8.38 PCRE2 versions prior to 10.2x Description The issue concerns the compile regex function in PCRE and PCRE2, which mishandles certain patterns, such as /?J:?|:?|?'R'k'R'|?'R'H'Rk'Rf|s?'R'/ and...

PCRE 'compile_regex()' function heap buffer overflow vulnerability

PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expressions is a software developer Philip Hazel developed a use of C language written in open source regular expression library. A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PCRE 'compileregex' function. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to...