CVE-2022-41409: pcre pcre2 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-41409 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in pcre pcre2. EPSS estimates a 1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 18-07-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 28-10-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer overflow vulnerability in pcre2test before 10.41 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via negative input.

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundThe product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.