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CVE-2015-8385
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?|(\k'Pm')|(?'Pm'))/ pattern and related patterns with certain forward references, which allows remote…
High7.5EPSS 5.6%
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- mitre
Description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?|(\k'Pm')|(?'Pm'))/ pattern and related patterns with certain forward references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.0% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- [oss-security] 20151128 Re: Heap Overflow in PCRE (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 85572 (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
- 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
- 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)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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