CVE-2019-20454
pcre: Out of bounds read in JIT mode when \X is used in non-UTF mode
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
Review impact separately from score.
Published · July 28, 2019
Updated · August 5, 2026
Description
An out-of-bounds read was discovered in PCRE when the pattern "\X" is JIT compiled and used to match specially crafted subjects in non-UTF mode. Applications that use PCRE to process untrusted input may be vulnerable to this flaw. An attacker could use this flaw to crash the application.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read