CVE-2019-20838

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductPcre
PublishedJun 15, 2020
First seenJun 15, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • pcre pcre8.43 or later
  • apple macos11.0.1 or later
  • splunk universal_forwarder8.2.12, 9.0.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pcre pcrev < 8.438.43
apple macosv < 11.0.111.0.1
splunk universal_forwarder8.2.0 ≤ v < 8.2.12, 9.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.6, 9.1.08.2.12, 9.0.6

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