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Reported upstream at https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2330 -
libpcre3 can be made to crash when matching the pattern \s*= when the
context is n\xff=

Able to reproduce on current Bionic using the PoC attached (which is
copied directly from the upstream bug report) - in a fresh Bionic VM:

$ sudo apt install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev
$ cd PCRE_PoC
$ ./compilePoC.sh
$ ./PoC 
Content:
-------------------
n�=
-------------------
Pattern:
-------------------
\s*=
---------------------
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Haven't yet tested the second PoC via an external disk autorun.inf and
gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor.

Also haven't tested in Cosmic / older releases

** Affects: gvfs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

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Content "n\xff=" can crash libpcre when an application is matching the pattern 
\s*=
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1798725
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