CVE-2019-20838

NameCVE-2019-20838
Descriptionlibpcre 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pcre3 (PTS)buster2:8.39-12vulnerable (unimportant)
bullseye2:8.39-13vulnerable (unimportant)
sid, trixie, bookworm2:8.39-15vulnerable (unimportant)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pcre3source(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

Fixed by: https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1740 (8.43)
Only an issue when UTF support disabled

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