{"id":"CVE-2020-14155","title":"libpcre in PCRE before 8.44 allows an integer overflow via a large number after a (?C substring.","summary":"libpcre in PCRE before 8.44 allows an integer overflow via a large number after a (?C substring.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-190"],"vendor":"pcre","product":"pcre","affected":["pcre < 8.44","macos < 11.0.1","gitlab < 12.10.13","gitlab >= 13.0.0, < 13.0.8","gitlab >= 13.1.0, < 13.1.2","communications_cloud_native_core_policy = 1.15.0","active_iq_unified_manager","cloud_backup","clustered_data_ontap","ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility","steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage","h410c_firmware","h300s_firmware","h500s_firmware","h700s_firmware","h410s_firmware","universal_forwarder >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.12","universal_forwarder >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.6","universal_forwarder = 9.1.0"],"patched":["pcre 8.44","macos 11.0.1","gitlab 13.1.2","universal_forwarder 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Overview\n\nlibpcre in PCRE before 8.44 allows an integer overflow via a large number after a (?C substring.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `pcre < 8.44`\n- `macos < 11.0.1`\n- `gitlab < 12.10.13`\n- `gitlab >= 13.0.0, < 13.0.8`\n- `gitlab >= 13.1.0, < 13.1.2`\n- `communications_cloud_native_core_policy = 1.15.0`\n- `active_iq_unified_manager`\n- `cloud_backup`\n- `clustered_data_ontap`\n- `ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility`\n- `steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage`\n- `h410c_firmware`\n- `h300s_firmware`\n- `h500s_firmware`\n- `h700s_firmware`\n- `h410s_firmware`\n- `universal_forwarder >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.12`\n- `universal_forwarder >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.6`\n- `universal_forwarder = 9.1.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `pcre 8.44`\n- `macos 11.0.1`\n- `gitlab 13.1.2`\n- `universal_forwarder 9.0.6`\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **RHSA-2021:4614** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 Server, Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8 · released 2021-11-10 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4614)\n- **RHSA-2021:4373** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8), Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) · released 2021-11-09 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4373)\n- **RHSA-2021:4613** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat JBoss Core Services · released 2021-11-10 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4613)\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · updated 2026-10-08 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2020/cve-2020-14155.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0.8,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}