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CVE-2014-8964 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have other unspecified…

published 2014-12-16 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8791

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.5%
EPSS 6.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • mariadb mariadb 10.0.18
  • pcre3 Debian 12 2:8.35-3.3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8964

  • pcre3 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8964

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  • pcre RHEL 7 8.32-14.el7
  • pcre-tools RHEL 7 8.32-14.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0330

  • pcre SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12 +12 more 8.39-7.1
  • pcre SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +10 more 8.39-5.1
  • mariadb SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +2 more 10.0.20-18.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:3161-1SUSE-SU-2016:2971-1SUSE-SU-2015:1273-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8964 updated cvss 4.3

pcre: incorrect handling of zero-repeat assertion conditions

  • Red Hat Software Collections php54-php, php55-php, php54-php-gd, php55-php-gd, php54-php-cli, php54-php-dba, +44 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) pcre 8.32-14.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) pcre-tools 8.32-14.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) pcre 8.32-14.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) pcre-tools 8.32-14.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) pcre 8.32-14.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) pcre-tools 8.32-14.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) pcre 8.32-14.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) pcre-tools 8.32-14.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0330
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 pcre Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pcre
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

6.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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