CVE-2019-20838

pcre: PCRE is a Perl-compatible regular expression library

CVE-2019-20838 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by libpcre16-3 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1, released June 15, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
Low
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0284
86th percentile

PCRE is a Perl-compatible regular expression library. Security Fix(es): * pcre: Buffer over-read in JIT when UTF is disabled and \X or \R has fixed quantifier greater than 1 (CVE-2019-20838) * pcre: Integer overflow when parsing callout numeric arguments (CVE-2020-14155) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libpcre16-3 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1 libpcre16-3 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1 Jun 15, 2020
libpcre16-3 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1 libpcre16-3 2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1 Jun 15, 2020
libpcre16-3 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1 libpcre16-3 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1 Jun 15, 2020
libpcre3 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1 libpcre3 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1 Jun 15, 2020
libpcre3 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1 libpcre3 2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1 Jun 15, 2020
libpcre3 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1 libpcre3 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1 Jun 15, 2020
libpcre32-3 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1 libpcre32-3 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1 Jun 15, 2020
libpcre32-3 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1 libpcre32-3 2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1 Jun 15, 2020
libpcre32-3 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1 libpcre32-3 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1 Jun 15, 2020
libpcrecpp0v5 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1 libpcrecpp0v5 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1 Jun 15, 2020
libpcrecpp0v5 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1 libpcrecpp0v5 2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1 Jun 15, 2020
libpcrecpp0v5 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1 libpcrecpp0v5 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1 Jun 15, 2020
pcre · RHEL 8 0:8.42-6.el8 RHSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre · almalinux 8 8.42-6.el8 ALSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre · ol 8 0:8.42-6.el8 ELSA-2021-4373 Nov 16, 2021
pcre · rocky 8 0:8.42-6.el8 RLSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre-cpp · RHEL 8 0:8.42-6.el8 RHSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre-cpp · almalinux 8 8.42-6.el8 ALSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre-cpp · ol 8 0:8.42-6.el8 ELSA-2021-4373 Nov 16, 2021
pcre-devel · RHEL 8 0:8.42-6.el8 RHSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre-devel · almalinux 8 8.42-6.el8 ALSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre-devel · ol 8 0:8.42-6.el8 ELSA-2021-4373 Nov 16, 2021
pcre-static · RHEL 8 0:8.42-6.el8 RHSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre-static · almalinux 8 8.42-6.el8 ALSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre-static · ol 8 0:8.42-6.el8 ELSA-2021-4373 Nov 16, 2021
pcre-utf16 · RHEL 8 0:8.42-6.el8 RHSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre-utf16 · almalinux 8 8.42-6.el8 ALSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre-utf16 · ol 8 0:8.42-6.el8 ELSA-2021-4373 Nov 16, 2021
pcre-utf32 · RHEL 8 0:8.42-6.el8 RHSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre-utf32 · almalinux 8 8.42-6.el8 ALSA-2021:4373 Nov 9, 2021
pcre-utf32 · ol 8 0:8.42-6.el8 ELSA-2021-4373 Nov 16, 2021
pcregrep · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1 pcregrep 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1 Jun 15, 2020
pcregrep · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1 pcregrep 2:8.39-12ubuntu0.1 Jun 15, 2020
pcregrep · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1 pcregrep 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1 Jun 15, 2020

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