CVE-2017-8786

PoC ×2—

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

4%p90

Published

May 5, 2017 (May 5, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.

Vendors: pcre
Products: pcre2
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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