Known Vulnerabilities for Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library by Pcre

Listed below are 10 of the newest known vulnerabilities associated with "Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library" by "Pcre".

These CVEs are retrieved based on exact matches on listed software, hardware, and vendor information (CPE data) as well as a keyword search to ensure the newest vulnerabilities with no officially listed software information are still displayed.

Data on known vulnerable versions is also displayed based on information from known CPEs

Known Vulnerabilities

CVE Shortened Description Severity Publish Date Last Modified
CVE-2016-1283 The pcre_compile2 function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.38 mishandles the /((?:F?+(?:^(?(R)a+\"){99}-))(?J)(?'R'(?'R'<((?'RR'(... 9.8 - CRITICAL 2016-01-03 2022-07-20
CVE-2015-8387 PCRE before 8.38 mishandles (?123) subroutine calls and related subroutine calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a de... 7.3 - HIGH 2015-12-02 2023-02-16
CVE-2015-8386 PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the interaction of lookbehind assertions and mutually recursive subpatterns, which allows remote ... 9.8 - CRITICAL 2015-12-02 2023-02-16
CVE-2015-8385 PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?|(\k'Pm')|(?'Pm'))/ pattern and related patterns with certain forward references, which al... 7.5 - HIGH 2015-12-02 2019-12-27
CVE-2015-8384 PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?J)(?'d'(?'d'\g{d}))/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursive back references, ... 7.5 - HIGH 2015-12-02 2018-01-05
CVE-2015-8383 PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain repeated conditional groups, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (... 9.8 - CRITICAL 2015-12-02 2023-02-16
CVE-2015-8382 The match function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.37 mishandles the /(?:((abcd))|(((?:(?:(?:(?:abc|(?:abcdef))))b)abcdefghi)... 6.4 - MEDIUM 2015-12-02 2023-11-07
CVE-2015-8381 The compile_regex function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.2x mishandles the /(?... 7.5 - HIGH 2015-12-02 2018-01-05
CVE-2015-8380 The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote atta... 7.5 - HIGH 2015-12-02 2017-07-01
CVE-2015-2327 PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /(((a\2)|(a*)\g<-1>))*/ pattern and related patterns with certain internal recursive back ref... 7.5 - HIGH 2015-12-02 2018-01-05
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
ApplicationPcrePerl Compatible Regular Expression Library8.38AllAllAll
ApplicationPcrePerl Compatible Regular Expression Library8.37AllAllAll
ApplicationPcrePerl Compatible Regular Expression Library8.36AllAllAll
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