Secunia Security Advisory – Chris Evans has reported some vulnerabilities in PCRE, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise an application using the library.
You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/60814/sa27582.txt
Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/60814/Secunia-Security-Advisory-27582.html