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CVE-2019-20838

Published: Jun 15, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-125
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
2.8%
Top 15.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

libpcre in PCRE before 8.43 allows a subject buffer over-read in JIT when UTF is disabled, and \X or \R has more than one fixed quantifier, a related issue to CVE-2019-20454.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected Products

n/an/a
pcrepcre
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
macosapple
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
universal forwardersplunkSecurity Products
pcreoss-projectOSS Librariesaka perl compatible regular expression library, pcre2
applecommercialUSMobile Appsaka apple inc., apple computer
splunkcommercialUSSecurity Productsaka splunk enterprise, splunk cloud platform

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/717920
bugs.gentoo.org
https://www.pcre.org/original/changelog.txt
pcre.org
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211931
support.apple.com
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Timeline

Published
Jun 15, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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