CVE-2015-8387

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8387
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-02 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-16 14:15:00 UTC
DescriptionPCRE before 8.38 mishandles (?123) subroutine calls and related subroutine calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer 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

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
December 2015 PCRE Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
ViewVC Exception CONFIRM vcs.pcre.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Broadcom Support Portal CONFIRM bto.bluecoat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: pcre-8.38-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
PCRE Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
libpcre: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201607-02) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - Re: Heap Overflow in PCRE MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 20390 IBM DB2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (7087225)
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