Is CVE-2022-1587 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-1587 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-1587?

CVE-2022-1587 has a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2022-1587?

Patch guidance is available from pcre security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2022-1587.

Fix CVE-2022-1587 - CRITICAL pcre pcre2

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2022-1587?

13 products: pcre pcre2, redhat enterprise linux, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora, netapp active iq unified manager, and 8 more.

Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was discovered in the PCRE2 library in the get_recurse_data_length() function of the pcre2_jit_compile.c file. This issue affects recursions in JIT-compiled regular expressions caused by duplicate data transfers.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PCRE
Published: 5/16/2022
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

pcre : pcre2redhat : enterprise_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoranetapp : active_iq_unified_managernetapp : hci_management_nodenetapp : ontap_select_deploy_administration_utilitynetapp : solidfirenetapp : h300s_firmwarenetapp : h500s_firmwarenetapp : h700s_firmwarenetapp : h410s_firmwarenetapp : h410c_firmware

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2022-1587. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2022-1587

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CVE-2022-1587 vulnerability