CVE-2015-8382

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8382
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-02 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:28:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

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