🛡️ CVE-2022-41409 on Debian — pcre2

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Integer overflow vulnerability in pcre2test before 10.41 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via negative input.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-41409 as tracked by Debian, for the package pcre2. The fix is available in version 10.42-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41409 is recorded against 1 package.

  • pcre2 (fixed in 10.42-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 July 2023 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2022-41409 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-07-18
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pcre2 — 10.42-1

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