UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9769

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2014-9769
Downstream
USN-2943-1
Published: 29 Mar 2016, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 04:33

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.3 HIGH
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 Mar 2016, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 04:33
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE 8.35 does not properly use table jumps to optimize nested alternatives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by packets encountered by Suricata during use of a regular expression in an Emerging Threats Open ruleset.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•pcre3

    < 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1 | < 2:8.38-3.1

References (3)