THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-6004
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-6004

Pcre vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
The compile_bracket_matchingpath function in pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE through 8.x before revision 1680 (e.g., the PHP 7.1.1 bundled version) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted regular expression.
Affected vendor
Pcre
Affected product
Pcre
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-02-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-6004

  • Confirm whether Pcre Pcre is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-6004.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2017-6004

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2017-6004 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2017-6004?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2017-6004.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.

Related vulnerabilities

HIGH
CVE-2017-7310
Diskboss vulnerability
HIGH
CVE-2017-1001000
Wordpress vulnerability
HIGH
CVE-2017-7615
Mantisbt vulnerability