CVE-2017-11164 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-07-11

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-2799	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00106.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11164
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11164

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Pcre Pcre

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:57:57.662Z

Reserved: 2017-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11164

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-11T03:29:00.277

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-11164

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-07-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11164 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-674

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"state": "PUBLISHED", "cveId": "CVE-2017-11164", "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T17:57:57.662Z", "dateReserved": "2017-07-10T00:00:00.000Z", "datePublished": "2017-07-11T00:00:00.000Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre", "dateUpdated": "2023-04-12T00:00:00.000Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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": [{"vendor": "n/a", "product": "n/a", "versions": [{"version": "n/a", "status": "affected"}]}], "references": [{"name": "99575", "tags": ["vdb-entry"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99575"}, {"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/11/3"}, {"name": "[mina-dev] 20210225 [jira] [Created] (FTPSERVER-500) Security vulnerability in common/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jar", "tags": ["mailing-list"], "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20230411 CVE-2017-11164 - stack exhaustion in PCRE", "tags": ["mailing-list"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/11/1"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20230412 Re: CVE-2017-11164 - stack exhaustion in PCRE", "tags": ["mailing-list"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/1"}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"type": "text", "lang": "en", "description": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2017-07-10T00:00:00.000Z"}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T17:57:57.662Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "99575", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99575"}, {"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/11/3", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}, {"name": "[mina-dev] 20210225 [jira] [Created] (FTPSERVER-500) Security vulnerability in common/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jar", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20230411 CVE-2017-11164 - stack exhaustion in PCRE", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/11/1"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20230412 Re: CVE-2017-11164 - stack exhaustion in PCRE", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/1"}]}]}}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "2E4917CD-FA24-46D5-89D2-0E6785BF2CDE", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En PCRE versi\u00f3n 8.41, la funci\u00f3n OP_KETRMAX en la funci\u00f3n de coincidencia en el archivo pcre_exec.c permite el agotamiento de la pila (recursi\u00f3n no controlada) cuando se procesa una expresi\u00f3n regular creada."}], "id": "CVE-2017-11164", "lastModified": "2025-04-20T01:37:25.860", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE", "baseScore": 7.8, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 6.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}], "cvssMetricV30": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2017-07-11T03:29:00.277", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/11/3"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/11/1"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/1"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99575"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/11/3"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/11/1"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/1"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99575"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-674"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "pcre: OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c", "id": "1470107", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470107"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "3.3", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-674", "details": ["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."], "name": "CVE-2017-11164", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "pcre", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "glib2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "pcre", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "glib2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "pcre", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "pcre2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "virtuoso-opensource", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "httpd", "product_name": "Red Hat JBoss Core Services"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "httpd", "product_name": "Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:2", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "httpd", "product_name": "Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:3", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "httpd", "product_name": "Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:3", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "pcre", "product_name": "Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "rh-mariadb100-mariadb", "product_name": "Red Hat Software Collections"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "rh-mariadb101-mariadb", "product_name": "Red Hat Software Collections"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "rh-php56-php", "product_name": "Red Hat Software Collections"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "rh-php70-php", "product_name": "Red Hat Software Collections"}], "public_date": "2017-07-10T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11164\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11164"], "threat_severity": "Low"}