CVE-2014-8964

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 16, 2014
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2014-8964: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix