#VU29116 Out-of-bounds read in PCRE2 - CVE-2019-20454

Vulnerability identifier: #VU29116

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20454

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
PCRE2
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: PCRE

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the "do_extuni_no_utf in pcre2_jit_compile.c" file when the pattern X is JIT compiled and used to match specially crafted subjects in non-UTF mode. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

PCRE2: 10.00 - 10.33

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External links
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2421
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78338
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1735494
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-16
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=1092

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.