CVE-2017-11164

pcre: OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 10, 2017

Updated · August 5, 2026

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion