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
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.065 (93.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.065 · newest: 0.065 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mariadb
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.2
- Pcre
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 19, 20, 21
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus — versions 7.3, 7.6, 7.7
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147474.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71206 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.exim.org/viewvc/pcre (Broken Link)
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0534.html (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147511.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145843.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/6 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0330.html (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.