CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects Java. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2016-3191
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
8.43%
Java
Original NVD Description
The compile_branch function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.22 mishandles patterns containing an (*ACCEPT) substring in conjunction with nested parentheses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-3542.