UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8964

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2014-8964
Downstream
USN-2694-1
Published: 16 Dec 2014, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 09:54

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Dec 2014, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 09:54
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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.

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•pcre3

    < 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1

References (3)