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CVE-2015-5073
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a…
Critical9.1EPSS 7.7%
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.7% · top 5.4% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (13)
- 75430 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1132 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2750 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150626 CVE Request: PCRE Library Heap Overflow Vulnerability in find_fixedlength() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150626 Re: CVE Request: PCRE Library Heap Overflow Vulnerability in find_fixedlength() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1033154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201607-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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