CVE-2015-3210

Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?P=B)((?P=B)(?J:(?P<B>c)(?P<B>a(?P=B)))>WGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2016-12-13

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

• Pcre (Pcre)
• Pcre2 (Pcre)

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/01/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/11
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74934
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
• https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636