CVE-2017-6004
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.045 · 92 %ileEUFRUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The compile_bracket_matchingpath function in pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE through 8.x before revision 1680 (e.g., the PHP 7.1.1 bundled version) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted regular expression.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (2)
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advisories (1)
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- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
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references (26)
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037850cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486cnnvd
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168684/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5665-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-11cnnvd
- https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_jit_compile.c?r1=1676&r2=1680&view=patchcnnvd
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