{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2016-3191","details":"The compile_branch function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.22 mishandles patterns containing an (*ACCEPT) substring in conjunction with nested parentheses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-3542.","modified":"2026-09-22T06:30:23.928651729Z","published":"2016-03-17T23:59:01.447Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-3191"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-3191"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pcre","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.4","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/pcre?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.38-r1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-3191.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}