CVE-2015-3217
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3217
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-3217.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-3217
- Related
- Published
- 2016-12-13T16:59:02Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-12T10:46:40Z
- Downstream
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\.|([^\\W_])?)+)+$/.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75018
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1638
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/03/7
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1566
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228283
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3217
Affected packages
Debian:11 / pcre3
Package
- Name
- pcre3
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source
Debian:12 / pcre3
Package
- Name
- pcre3
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source