CVE catalog
CVE-2017-7245
pcre3: CVE-2017-7245
- Severity
- Low · CVSS 3.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.37% · Oct 25, 2026
Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in pcre_get.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WRITE of size 4) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pcre3 | bookworm | 2:8.39-15 | vulnerable |
| Alpine | pcre | 3.6 | 8.41-r0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pcre3 | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | [858678] |
| Alpine | pcre | apk | 3.6 | 8.41-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-7245 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libpcre16-3]Affected
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcre3]Affected
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcre32-3]Affected
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcre3-dbg]Affected
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcre3-dev]Affected
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcrecpp0v5]Affected
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [pcregrep]Affected
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2021_3652-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-7245]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7245]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7245]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-7245.json]
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