PCRE 8.41 pcretest Load Test PoC Crash Overflow in match() Function

PCRE 8.41 pcretest Load Test PoC Crash Overflow in match() Function

CVE-2017-16231 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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

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