CVE catalog
CVE-2017-8399
pcre2: CVE-2017-8399
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.12% · Oct 25, 2026
PCRE2 before 10.30 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow in pcre2_match.c, related to a "pattern with very many captures."
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 | pcre2 | sid | 10.48-3.1 | not affected |
| Debian | pcre2 | forky | 10.48-3.1 | not affected |
| Debian | pcre2 | trixie | 10.46-1~deb13u2 | not affected |
| Debian | pcre2 | trixie-security | 10.46-1~deb13u3 | not affected |
| Debian | pcre2 | bookworm | 10.42-1 | not affected |
| Debian | pcre2 | bookworm-security | 10.42-1+deb12u2 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pcre2 | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pcre2 | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pcre2 | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pcre2 | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libpcre2-16-0]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (2)
10.42-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm
10.42-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm
- [libpcre2-32-0]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (2)
10.42-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm
10.42-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm
- [libpcre2-8-0]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (2)
10.42-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm
10.42-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm
- [libpcre2-dev]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (2)
10.42-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm
10.42-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm
- [libpcre2-posix3]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (2)
10.42-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm
10.42-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm
- [pcre2-utils]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (2)
10.42-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm
10.42-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8399]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8399]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-8399.json]
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