| Name | CVE-2019-20838 |
| Description | libpcre in PCRE before 8.43 allows a subject buffer over-read in JIT when UTF is disabled, and \X or \R has more than one fixed quantifier, a related issue to CVE-2019-20454. |
| 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 | | |
Notes
Fixed by: https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1740 (8.43)
Only an issue when UTF support disabled