CVE-2015-8380
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 2, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2015
Description
The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20151128 Re: Heap Overflow in PCREmailing-list
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/29-Heap-Overflow-in-PCRE.html
- FEDORA-2015-afafa29551vendor-advisory
- 77695vdb-entry
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
- GLSA-201607-02vendor-advisory
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