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Alpine: multiple libpcre16 packages, multiple pcre packages: security update to 8.44-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424330

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - libpcre in PCRE before 8.44 allows an integer overflow via a large number after a (?C substring.
 (CVE-2020-14155)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14155

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424330

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14155

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14155