CVE-2017-16231

Name	CVE-2017-16231
Description	In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match() in pcre_exec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be used to limit the amount of stack that is used
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
pcre3 (PTS)	jessie	2:8.35-3.3+deb8u4	vulnerable
	stretch	2:8.39-3	vulnerable
	buster	2:8.39-12	vulnerable
	bullseye	2:8.39-13	vulnerable
	bookworm	2:8.39-15	vulnerable
	sid	2:8.39-15.1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
pcre3	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant