CVE-2017-9229

7.5 HIGH
Published: May 24, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in Oniguruma-mod in Ruby through 2.4.1 and mbstring in PHP through 7.1.5. A SIGSEGV occurs in left_adjust_char_head() during regular expression compilation. Invalid handling of reg->dmax in forward_search_range() could result in an invalid pointer dereference, normally as an immediate denial-of-service condition.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/issues/59
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/commit/b690371bbf97794b4a1d3f295d4fb9a8b05d402d
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/issues/59
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.1%
91th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

php ruby-lang oniguruma_project