CVE-2015-8391

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8391
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8391.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8391
Related
Published
2015-12-02T01:59:15Z
Modified
2024-09-18T01:00:20Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The pcrecompile function in pcrecompile.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain [: nesting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:8.38-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:8.38-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}