CVE-2015-2305

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2305
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-30 10:59:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the regcomp implementation in the Henry Spencer BSD regex library (aka rxspencer) alpha3.8.g5 on 32-bit platforms, as used in NetBSD through 6.1.5 and other products, might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large regular expression that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Php Php All All All All
Application Rxspencer Project Rxspencer 3.8.g5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2594-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Vulnerability Note VU#695940 - Henry Spencer regular expressions (regex) library contains a heap overflow vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX03337 SSRT102066 rev.1 - HP-UX Apache Web Server Suite running Apache Web ' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0946-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Spencer regexp heap overflow? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 OS X El Capitan 10.11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Full disclosure: heap overflow in H. Spencer’s regex library on 32 bit systems | Guido Vranken af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 guidovranken.wordpress.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0906-1: moderate: Security update for clamav af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0644-1: moderate: Security update for php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0868-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ClamAV® blog: ClamAV 0.98.7 has been released! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.clamav.net Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: spencer regexp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3195-1 php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Henry Spencer Regex Library 'regcomp.c' Heap Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
PHP Heap Overflow in ereg Extension Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 php.net Vendor Advisory
USN-2572-1: PHP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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