diff --git a/libs/pcre/Makefile b/libs/pcre/Makefile
index 63f3eefc8..861b561e2 100644
--- a/libs/pcre/Makefile
+++ b/libs/pcre/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=pcre
 PKG_VERSION:=8.40
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/
diff --git a/libs/pcre/patches/001-CVE-2017-7186 b/libs/pcre/patches/001-CVE-2017-7186
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..984cf81fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/pcre/patches/001-CVE-2017-7186
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#CVE-2017-7186 patch
+--- trunk/pcre_internal.h	2016/05/21 13:34:44	1649
++++ trunk/pcre_internal.h	2017/02/24 17:30:30	1688
+@@ -2772,6 +2772,9 @@
+ extern const pcre_uint16 PRIV(ucd_stage2)[];
+ extern const pcre_uint32 PRIV(ucp_gentype)[];
+ extern const pcre_uint32 PRIV(ucp_gbtable)[];
++#ifdef COMPILE_PCRE32
++extern const ucd_record  PRIV(dummy_ucd_record)[];
++#endif
+ #ifdef SUPPORT_JIT
+ extern const int         PRIV(ucp_typerange)[];
+ #endif
+@@ -2780,9 +2783,15 @@
+ /* UCD access macros */
+ 
+ #define UCD_BLOCK_SIZE 128
+-#define GET_UCD(ch) (PRIV(ucd_records) + \
++#define REAL_GET_UCD(ch) (PRIV(ucd_records) + \
+         PRIV(ucd_stage2)[PRIV(ucd_stage1)[(int)(ch) / UCD_BLOCK_SIZE] * \
+         UCD_BLOCK_SIZE + (int)(ch) % UCD_BLOCK_SIZE])
++        
++#ifdef COMPILE_PCRE32
++#define GET_UCD(ch) ((ch > 0x10ffff)? PRIV(dummy_ucd_record) : REAL_GET_UCD(ch))
++#else
++#define GET_UCD(ch) REAL_GET_UCD(ch)
++#endif 
+ 
+ #define UCD_CHARTYPE(ch)    GET_UCD(ch)->chartype
+ #define UCD_SCRIPT(ch)      GET_UCD(ch)->script
+--- trunk/pcre_ucd.c	2014/06/19 07:51:39	1490
++++ trunk/pcre_ucd.c	2017/02/24 17:30:30	1688
+@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@
+ const pcre_uint32 PRIV(ucd_caseless_sets)[] = {0};
+ #else
+ 
++/* If the 32-bit library is run in non-32-bit mode, character values
++greater than 0x10ffff may be encountered. For these we set up a
++special record. */
++
++#ifdef COMPILE_PCRE32
++const ucd_record PRIV(dummy_ucd_record)[] = {{
++  ucp_Common,    /* script */
++  ucp_Cn,        /* type unassigned */
++  ucp_gbOther,   /* grapheme break property */
++  0,             /* case set */
++  0,             /* other case */
++  }};
++#endif
++
+ /* When recompiling tables with a new Unicode version, please check the
+ types in this structure definition from pcre_internal.h (the actual
+ field names will be different):