Update version number, NEWS, and ChangeLog

Author: NWilson

ChangeLog

@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@ there is also the log of commit messages.
 Internal changes which are not visible to clients of the library are mostly not
 listed here.
 
+Version 10.46 27-August-2025
+----------------------------
+
+1. (#771) Security fix to prevent a read-past-the-end memory error, of
+arbitrary length. An attacker-controlled regex pattern is required, and it
+cannot be triggered by providing crafted subject (match) text. The
+(*ACCEPT) and (*scs:) pattern features must be used together.
+
+Release 10.44 and earlier are not affected.
+
+This could have implications of denial-of-service or information disclosure,
+and could potentially be used to escalate other vulnerabilities in a system
+(such as information disclosure being used to escalate the severity of an
+unrelated bug in another system).
+
+
 Version 10.45 05-February-2025
 ------------------------------
 

NEWS

@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 News about PCRE2 releases
 -------------------------
 
+Version 10.46 27-August-2025
+----------------------------
+
+This is a security-only release, with only a minimal code change to prevent a
+read-past-the-end memory error, of arbitrary length. An attacker-controlled
+regex pattern is required, and it cannot be triggered by providing crafted
+subject (match) text. The (*ACCEPT) and (*scs:) pattern features must be used
+together.
+
+Release 10.44 and earlier are not affected.
+
+This could have implications of denial-of-service or information disclosure,
+and could potentially be used to escalate other vulnerabilities in a system
+(such as information disclosure being used to escalate the severity of an
+unrelated bug in another system).
+
+
 Version 10.45 05-February-2025
 ------------------------------
 

configure.ac

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ dnl The PCRE2_PRERELEASE feature is for identifying release candidates. It might
 dnl be defined as -RC2, for example. For real releases, it should be empty.
 
 m4_define(pcre2_major, [10])
-m4_define(pcre2_minor, [45])
+m4_define(pcre2_minor, [46])
 m4_define(pcre2_prerelease, [])
-m4_define(pcre2_date, [2025-02-05])
+m4_define(pcre2_date, [2025-08-27])
 
 # Libtool shared library interface versions (current:revision:age)
 m4_define(libpcre2_8_version,     [14:0:14])