VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-11164

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.08%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-07-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

Primary references