pcre: incorrect handling of zero-repeat assertion conditions
Published Dec 16, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.50%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted regular expression, related to an assertion that allows zero repeats.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 3
- 19
- 20
- 21
Configuration 6
- 7.0
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.5
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.0
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.3
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
pcre-0:8.32-14.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0330
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
pcre
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
pcre
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
php54-php
Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections
php55-php
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | pcre-0:8.32-14.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0330 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pcre | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pcre | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php54-php | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php55-php | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.50% (0.06505) | 93.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.50% (0.06505) | 92.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 2.09% (0.02089) | 83.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 12, 2025 | 3.96% (0.03962) | 87.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.94% (0.02942) | 85.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 16.17% (0.16166) | 91.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.27% (0.02275) | 83.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.65% (0.04652) | 92.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.45% (0.02446) | 90.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 2.76% (0.02762) | 90.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.90% (0.02899) | 89.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre?view=revision&revision=1513 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:002 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:137 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71206 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8964 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1166147 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8964
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8964
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