Improper resource allocation In pcre3
Description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain repeated conditional groups, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Mitigation
Update Impact
Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.
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