{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16231","details":"In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match() in pcre_exec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be used to limit the amount of stack that is used","modified":"2025-11-20T10:12:58.996736Z","published":"2019-03-21T15:59:56.217Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-16231"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16231"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pcre3","ecosystem":"Debian:11","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2:8.39-13","2:8.39-14","2:8.39-15","2:8.39-15.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16231.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pcre3","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2:8.39-15","2:8.39-15.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16231.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}