Out-of-bounds read In pcre3

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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