Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-7245  

A stack-based write buffer overflow has been found in libpcre <= 8.40, in the pcretest utility. It can lead to arbitrary code execution via a crafted expression passed to the pcretest command.

Severity Low

Remote Yes

Type Arbitrary code execution

Description

A stack-based write buffer overflow has been found in libpcre <= 8.40, in the pcretest utility. It can lead to arbitrary code execution via a crafted expression passed to the pcretest command.

AVG-222 pcre 8.40-1 8.41-1 Medium Fixed

18 Jul 2017 ASA-201707-20 AVG-222 pcre Medium multiple issues

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/20/libpcre-two-stack-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre32_copy_substring-pcre_get-c/

Setting to low since it's an issue in pcretest, so nobody should care too much.