CVE-2016-1283 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potential code execution via crafted regular expressions 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-2016-1283?
CVE-2016-1283 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Jan 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The pcre_compile2 function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.38 mishandles the /((?:F?+(?:^(?(R)a+\"){99}-))(?J)(?'R'(?'R'<((?'RR'(?'R'\){97)?J)?J)(?'R'(?'R'\){99|(:(?|(?'R')(\k'R')|((?'R')))H'R'R)(H'R))))))/ pattern and related patterns with named subgroups, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1283?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Oracle Solaris, Pcre Pcre, Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1283?
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-2016-1283 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1283 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-1283, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1283, GHSA-3v53-2g4c-6vpg.