CVE-2015-8382

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8382
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-02 01:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pcre Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library 8.36 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Broadcom Support Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bto.bluecoat.com
PHP PCRE Extension 'trunk/pcre_exec.c' Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ViewVC Exception af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 vcs.pcre.org
Bug 1537 – pcre_exec does not fill offsets for certain regexps af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.exim.org Exploit
ViewVC Exception af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 vcs.pcre.org Exploit
oss-security - Re: Heap Overflow in PCRE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Information disclosure in pcre af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug 1187225 – CVE-2015-8382 php: Regular Expression Uninitialized Pointer Information Disclosure Vulnerability (ZDI-CAN-2547) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
208.43.231.11 Git - php-src.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.php.net
208.43.231.11 Git - php-src.git/commit MITRE git.php.net
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