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.

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Known Vulnerabilities

CVE Shortened Description Severity Publish Date Last Modified
CVE-2016-1283 json 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-2015-8395 json PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have u... 7.5 - HIGH 2015-12-02 2018-01-05
CVE-2015-8394 json PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the (?() and (?(R) conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of... 9.8 - CRITICAL 2015-12-02 2023-02-16
CVE-2015-8393 json pcregrep in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the -q option for binary files, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitiv... 7.5 - HIGH 2015-12-02 2023-02-16
CVE-2015-8392 json PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain instances of the (?| substring, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic... 7.5 - HIGH 2015-12-02 2018-01-05
CVE-2015-8391 json The pcre_compile function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain [: nesting, which allows remote attackers ... 9.8 - CRITICAL 2015-12-02 2023-02-16
CVE-2015-8390 json PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the [: and \\ substrings in character classes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of... 9.8 - CRITICAL 2015-12-02 2023-02-16
CVE-2015-8389 json PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?:|a|){100}x/ pattern and related patterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial... 9.8 - CRITICAL 2015-12-02 2023-02-16
CVE-2015-8388 json PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?=di(?<=(?1))|(?=(.))))/ pattern and related patterns with an unmatched closing parenthesis... 7.5 - HIGH 2015-12-02 2019-12-27
CVE-2015-8387 json 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

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

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