CVE-2017-7244
mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.99% (81st) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The _pcre32_xclass function in pcre_xclass.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read) via a crafted file.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.pcre.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.3864cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97067enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486enisa_euvd
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/20/libpcre-invalid-memory-read-in-_pcre32_xclass-pcre_xclass-c/enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-25enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97067Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486nvd
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