CVE-2017-8399: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

May 1, 2017 (updated August 28, 2018)

PCRE2 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow in pcre2_match.c, related to a “pattern with very many captures.”

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8399

Code Behaviors & Features

Detect and mitigate CVE-2017-8399 with GitLab Dependency Scanning

Secure your software supply chain by verifying that all open source dependencies used in your projects contain no disclosed vulnerabilities. Dependency Scanning using SBOM also detects vulnerabilities from proprietary advisories that this site does not include. Learn more about Dependency Scanning using SBOM →