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CVE-2022-1587

Published: 16 May 2022

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was discovered in the PCRE2 library in the get_recurse_data_length() function of the pcre2_jit_compile.c file. This issue affects recursions in JIT-compiled regular expressions caused by duplicate data transfers.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
pcre2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (10.31-2ubuntu0.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
focal
Released (10.34-7ubuntu0.1)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy
Released (10.39-3ubuntu0.1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(10.40-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(10.40-1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(10.40-1)
noble Not vulnerable
(10.40-1)
upstream
Released (10.40-1)
xenial Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/commit/03654e751e7f0700693526b67dfcadda6b42c9d0
upstream: https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/commit/4ca0530b9bdf00d2485d612ddfab8d21c72dc83a
upstream: https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/commit/d07c967b3ac93a9bd8816837053a75b0f8a816c9

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H