CVE-2015-3210

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3210
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-13 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-20 18:28:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?P=B)((?P=B)(?J:(?P<B>c)(?P<B>a(?P=B)))>WGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pcre Pcre 8.34 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre 8.35 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre 8.36 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre 8.37 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre 8.34 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre 8.35 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre 8.36 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre 8.37 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre2 10.10 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre2 10.10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PCRE 'compile_regex()' Function Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: Heap Overflow in PCRE MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List
oss-security - CVE-2015-3210: PCRE Library Heap Overflow Vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List
Bug 1636 – PCRE Library Heap Overflow Vulnerability CONFIRM bugs.exim.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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