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MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2014-8964
PCRE Denial of Service Heap Buffer Overflow
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 16, 2014, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-8964 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus
6 Redhat enterprise_linux_eus
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Mariadb mariadb
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Oracle solaris
1 Pcre pcre
: Total Affected Vendor : 6 | Products : 11
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability allows for a denial of service attack. Applying the latest updates will address this issue.
  • Update the affected PCRE packages.
  • Update the affected packages for your specific product.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2014-8964 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-8964.

URL Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.html Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre?view=revision&revision=1513 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:002 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:137 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71206 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1166147 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.html Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre?view=revision&revision=1513 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:002 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:137 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71206 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1166147 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-8964 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-8964 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-8964 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-8964 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.html
    Added Reference http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.html
    Added Reference http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre?view=revision&revision=1513
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:002
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:137
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/6
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71206
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1166147
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.html No Types Assigned http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546 Vendor Advisory http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre?view=revision&revision=1513 Vendor Advisory http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre?view=revision&revision=1513 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:002 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:002 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:137 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:137 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71206 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71206 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1166147 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1166147 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pcre:perl_compatible_regular_expression_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.36 OR *cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.36
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.0.0 up to (excluding) 10.0.18
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71206 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 04, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147516.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 03, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:137
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 02, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:pcre:perl-compatible_regular_expression_library:8.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:pcre:perl_compatible_regular_expression_library:8.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 28, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:002
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:pcre:perl-compatible_regular_expression_library:8.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre?view=revision&revision=1513 No Types Assigned http://www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre?view=revision&revision=1513 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546 No Types Assigned http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546 Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.09 }} -1.87%

score

0.83304

percentile