CVE-2020-14155

Publication date 15 June 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

libpcre in PCRE before 8.44 allows an integer overflow via a large number after a (?C substring.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pcre3 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:8.38-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.3+esm1

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
pcre3

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

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