CVE-2017-7186
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.050 · 92 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 and libpcre2 in PCRE2 10.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation for read access, and application crash) by triggering an invalid Unicode property lookup.
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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 (3)
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references (23)
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- http://www.pcre.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168684/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5665-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.3864cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97030enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486enisa_euvd
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/14/libpcre-invalid-memory-read-in-match-pcre_exec-c/enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2052enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09enisa_euvd
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