Description
libpcre in PCRE before 8.43 allows a subject buffer over-read in JIT when UTF is disabled, and \X or \R has more than one fixed quantifier, a related issue to CVE-2019-20454.
Published: 2020-06-15
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 2.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5425-1 PCRE vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Apple Macos
Pcre Pcre
Redhat Enterprise Linux Jboss Core Services
Splunk Universal Forwarder
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T21:13:52.362Z

Reserved: 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-20838

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:53:09.397Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-15T17:15:09.683

Modified: 2026-10-08T22:16:54.420

Link: CVE-2019-20838

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2020-06-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-20838 - Bugzilla

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