CVE-2022-1587

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.

Published: 2022-05-16 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-1587 is rated Moderate Risk (53.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-1587

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-27 0.21% 0.25% +0.04%
2 2026-01-11 0.27% 0.21% -0.07%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.27% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-1587

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.1 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.2 [email protected]
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-1587

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-1587

vendor priority summary link
alpine critical CVE-2022-1587: 1 source package rows (pcre2); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-1587
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-1587 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pcre2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1587
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1587
suse high CVE-2022-1587 severity important: SUSE including 323 source package names (0.58.0.17.143:libpcre2-8-0-10.39-150400.4.6.1, 1.16-13.26:libpcre2-8-0-10.39-150400.4.6.1, …), 977 product×package rows across 275 product lines (Container bci/bci-init, Container bci/golang, … (275 product lines)): Fixed 625, Known Not Affected 264, Known Affected 88. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1587/
ubuntu low CVE-2022-1587 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pcre2), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): not-affected 7, released 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1587

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-1587

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pcre pcre2 < 10.40 cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 35 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 36 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp hci_management_node — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp solidfire — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h300s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h500s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h700s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h410s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h410c_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-1587

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2077983%2C
https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/commit/03654e751e7f0700693526b67dfcadda6b42c9d0 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00014.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DWNG2NS3GINO6LQYUVC4BZLUQPJ3DYHA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXINO3KKI5DICQ45E2FKD6MKVMGJLEKJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KAX7767BCUFC7JMDGP7GOQ5GIZCAUGBB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2GLQQUEY5VFM57CFYXVIFOXN2HUZPDM/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0009/ Third Party Advisory
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