{
    "id": "CVE-2017-8786",
    "published": "2017-05-05 00:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:26:57",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.",
    "epss_score": "0.04066",
    "epss_percentile": "0.90405",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-08 18:17:18",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "pcre",
            "product": "pcre2"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/29/libpcre-heap-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre2test-c/",
        "https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09",
        "https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=696",
        "https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=697",
        "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/29/libpcre-heap-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre2test-c/",
        "https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09",
        "https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=696",
        "https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=697"
    ]
}