Is CVE-2014-8964 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-8964 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-12.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-8964?

CVE-2014-8964 has a CVSS score of 5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2014-8964?

Patch guidance is available from pcre security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2014-8964.

CVE-2014-8964 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2014-8964?

23 products: pcre pcre, mariadb mariadb, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora, and 18 more.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted regular expression, related to an assertion that allows zero repeats.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: CWE-119 · Memory Buffer Errors

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PCRE
Published: 12/16/2014
Last Modified: 4/12/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

pcre : pcremariadb : mariadbfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraopensuse : opensuseopensuse : opensuseoracle : solarisredhat : enterprise_linux_desktopredhat : enterprise_linux_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_serverredhat : enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat : enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat : enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat : enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat : enterprise_linux_server_tusredhat : enterprise_linux_server_tusredhat : enterprise_linux_server_tusredhat : enterprise_linux_workstation

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2014-8964. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2014-8964

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CVE-2014-8964 vulnerability