CVE-2014-9769 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via stack memory corruption in PCRE JIT compilation using crafted strings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-9769?
CVE-2014-9769 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Mar 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE 8.35 does not properly use table jumps to optimize nested alternatives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by packets encountered by Suricata during use of a regular expression in an Emerging Threats Open ruleset.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9769?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pcre Pcre.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9769?
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-2014-9769 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9769 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9769, GHSA-v59w-72qc-xg55.