CVE catalog
CVE-2017-8786
pcre2: CVE-2017-8786
- Severity
- Low · CVSS 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.07% · Oct 25, 2026
pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.
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 | fixed |
| Debian | pcre2 | forky | 10.48-3.1 | fixed |
| Debian | pcre2 | trixie | 10.46-1~deb13u2 | fixed |
| Debian | pcre2 | trixie-security | 10.46-1~deb13u3 | fixed |
| Debian | pcre2 | bookworm | 10.42-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pcre2 | bookworm-security | 10.42-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pcre2 | 16.04 | 10.20-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pcre2 | 16.04 | 10.20-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pcre2 | 16.04 | 10.20-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pcre2 | 16.04 | 10.21-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pcre2 | source | sid | 10.31-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [861873] |
| Debian | pcre2 | source | forky | 10.31-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [861873] |
| Debian | pcre2 | source | trixie | 10.31-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [861873] |
| Debian | pcre2 | source | bookworm | 10.31-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [861873] |
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 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre2 · debian · 12
10.42-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre2 · debian · 12
- [libpcre2-32-0]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (2)
10.42-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre2 · debian · 12
10.42-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre2 · debian · 12
- [libpcre2-8-0]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (2)
10.42-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre2 · debian · 12
10.42-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre2 · debian · 12
- [libpcre2-dev]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (2)
10.42-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre2 · debian · 12
10.42-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre2 · debian · 12
- [libpcre2-posix3]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (2)
10.42-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre2 · debian · 12
10.42-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre2 · debian · 12
- [pcre2-utils]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (2)
10.42-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre2 · debian · 12
10.42-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre2 · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libpcre2-16-0]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (3)
10.46-1~deb13u1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
10.46-1~deb13u1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
10.46-1~deb13u3· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
- [libpcre2-32-0]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (3)
10.46-1~deb13u1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
10.46-1~deb13u1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
10.46-1~deb13u3· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
- [libpcre2-8-0]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (3)
10.46-1~deb13u1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
10.46-1~deb13u1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
10.46-1~deb13u3· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
- [libpcre2-dev]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (3)
10.46-1~deb13u1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
10.46-1~deb13u1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
10.46-1~deb13u3· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
- [libpcre2-posix3]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (3)
10.46-1~deb13u1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
10.46-1~deb13u1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
10.46-1~deb13u3· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
- [pcre2-utils]Unknown
Source package: [pcre2]
Details (3)
10.46-1~deb13u1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
10.46-1~deb13u1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
10.46-1~deb13u3· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
10.31-1dsa · pcre2 · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_11154-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8786]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8786]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8786]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-8786.json]
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