7.8

CVE-2017-11164: pcre Uncontrolled Recursion

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-11164UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11164
Published 11-07-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11164 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in pcre. EPSS estimates a 3.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.08%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In PCRE 8.41, the OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c allows stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) when processing a crafted regular expression.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.08% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • pcre< 7.8-r0
Debian1 product
  • pcre3All versions (No fix recorded)
Pcre1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • pcre3All versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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