UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3210

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3210
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3210.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3210
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:12Z
Published
2015-06-01T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:32:53.558676Z
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
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3@1:8.31-2ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:8.31-2ubuntu2

Affected versions

1:8.*

1:8.31-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pcregrep",
            "binary_version": "1:8.31-2ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}