CVE-2014-8964 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via a crafted regular expression in the PCRE library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-8964?
CVE-2014-8964 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 16 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8964?
It affects 11 products.
Linux distribution packages (20)
pcre Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
pcre-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:8.32-14.el7 |
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mariadb Mariadb, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris, Pcre Pcre, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop and 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8964?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2014-8964 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8964 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8964, GHSA-86jv-65cg-v7gc, MGASA-2014-0534, RHSA-2015:0330, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8964.