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Medium RLSA-2022:5251 2 CVEs

Moderate: pcre2 security update

Published Jun 28, 2022 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Summary

The pcre2 package contains a new generation of the Perl Compatible Regular Expression libraries for implementing regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl.

Security Fix(es):

* pcre2: Out-of-bounds read in compile_xclass_matchingpath in pcre2_jit_compile.c (CVE-2022-1586)

* pcre2: Out-of-bounds read in get_recurse_data_length in pcre2_jit_compile.c (CVE-2022-1587)

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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 9 pcre2 0:10.37-5.el9_0

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2077976
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2077983