CVE-2015-8380

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8380
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-02 01:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Application Pcre Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libpcre: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201607-02) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Broadcom Support Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bto.bluecoat.com Third Party Advisory
Heap Overflow in PCRE | The Fuzzing Project af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.fuzzing-project.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 1637 – Heap overflow / invalid write in fuction pcre_exec af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.exim.org Exploit
ViewVC Exception af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 vcs.pcre.org Exploit
PCRE Multiple Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: pcre-8.37-7.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Heap Overflow in PCRE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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