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CVE-2022-1587 PCRE2

Affected softwarePCRE2
Severity9.1 Critical CVSS 3.1 2 scores
WeaknessOut-of-bounds read (CWE-125)
Published16 May 2022
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was discovered in the PCRE2 library in the get_recurse_data_length() function of the pcre2_jit_compile.c file. This issue affects recursions in JIT-compiled regular expressions caused by duplicate data transfers.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 4 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 2.8% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

9.1 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 9.1 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 6.4 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗ CPU 2023-Q2 Oracle Analytics / Analytics Server (PCRE2) (6.4.0.0.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2022 ↗ CPU 2022-Q4 Oracle Database Server / Oracle Notification Server (PCRE2) (19c, 21c)
Oracle's note: This vulnerability applies to Windows systems only.

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Analytics Analytics Server (PCRE2) 6.4.0.0.0 6.4.0.0.0
Oracle Database Server Oracle Notification Server (PCRE2) 19c, 21c 19 · 21

Products and versions

12 products, 13 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd fedoraproject fedora generic 35 · 36
nvd netapp active iq unified manager generic any version
nvd netapp h300s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h410c firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h410s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h500s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h700s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp hci management node generic any version
nvd netapp ontap select deploy administration utility generic any version
nvd netapp solidfire generic any version
nvd pcre pcre2 generic < 10.40
nvd redhat enterprise linux generic 9.0

References

URLTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2077983%2C
https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/commit/03654e751e7f0700693526b67dfcadda6b42c9d0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00014.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DWNG2NS3GINO6LQYUVC4BZLUQPJ3DYHA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXINO3KKI5DICQ45E2FKD6MKVMGJLEKJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KAX7767BCUFC7JMDGP7GOQ5GIZCAUGBB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2GLQQUEY5VFM57CFYXVIFOXN2HUZPDM/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0009/ Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2022-05-16By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.