CVE-2015-8385

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?|(\k'Pm')|(?'Pm'))/ pattern and related patterns with certain forward references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2015-12-02

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Linux (Oracle)
• Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library (Pcre)

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
• http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85572
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
• https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02