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Vulnerability details: VCID-zghf-77cd-aaaj
Vulnerability ID VCID-zghf-77cd-aaaj
Aliases CVE-2016-3191
Summary The compile_branch function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.22 mishandles patterns containing an (*ACCEPT) substring in conjunction with nested parentheses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-3542.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-3191.html
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1025
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generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3191
cvssv3.1 3.7 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3191
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3191
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
generic_textual HIGH https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
cvssv3.1 8.8 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
generic_textual HIGH http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-3191.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-3191.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3191
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
https://bugs.debian.org/815920
https://bugs.debian.org/815921
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1791
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311503
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3191
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=489
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1631
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84810
815920 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=815920
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CVE-2016-3191 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3191
RHSA-2016:1025 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1025
USN-2943-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2943-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3191
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3191
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.86528
EPSS Score 0.03515
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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