Buffer overflow in Mariadb
CVE-2014-8964
Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted regular expression, related to an assertion that allows zero repeats.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.065 (93.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mariadb
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.2
- Pcre
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 19, 20, 21
- Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_eus — versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_aus — versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_tus — versions 7.3, 7.6, 7.7
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-8964?
- CVE-2014-8964 is a vulnerability in Mariadb, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2014-12-16.
- Is CVE-2014-8964 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.