HIGHCVSS 7.5

CVE-2019-20838

CVE-2019-20838 updated by NVD

Modified: 2026-10-10
Sources: nvd

Summary

libpcre in PCRE before 8.43 allows a subject buffer over-read in JIT when UTF is disabled, and \X or \R has more than one fixed quantifier, a related issue to CVE-2019-20454.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20838

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