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CVE-2015-8382
The match function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.37 mishandles the /…
Medium6.4EPSS 4.0%
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- mitre
Description
The match function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.37 mishandles the /(?:((abcd))|(((?:(?:(?:(?:abc|(?:abcdef))))b)abcdefghi)abc)|((*ACCEPT)))/ pattern and related patterns involving (*ACCEPT), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (partially initialized memory and application crash) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-2547.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (9)
- [oss-security] 20151128 Re: Heap Overflow in PCRE (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187225 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 76157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150804 Re: CVE Request: Information disclosure in pcre (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1537 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c351b47ce85a3a147cfa801fa9f0149ab4160834 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_exec.c?r1=1502&r2=1510 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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