CVE-2014-8964: fedoraproject fedora
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-8964 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 6.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 16-12-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
6.50%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 6.50% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat11 products
- enterprise_linux_desktop7.0
- enterprise_linux_eus7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7
- enterprise_linux_server7.0
- enterprise_linux_server_aus7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7
- enterprise_linux_server_tus7.3 | 7.6 | 7.7
Debian1 product
- pcre3< 2:8.35-3.3
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL19 | 20 | 21
Mageia1 product
- pcre< 8.33-2.1.mga4
Mariadb1 product
- mariadb≥ 10.0.0, < 10.0.18
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL13.1 | 13.2
Oracle1 product
- solarisEOL11.2
Pcre1 product
- pcre≤ 8.36
Ubuntu1 product
- pcre3< 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1
9 vendors · 19 products
References
28 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Show all 28 references
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:002Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVABroken Link
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:137Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVABroken Link
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1166147X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
- bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
