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CVE-2015-2325

Published: Jan 14, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-125
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.6%
Top 27.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The compile_branch function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash), or possibly have other unspecified impact via a regular expression with a group containing a forward reference repeated a large number of times within a repeated outer group that has a zero minimum quantifier.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-125CWE-787

Affected Products

pcrepcre
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
opensuseopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
mariadbmariadbDatabases
phpphp
Dev Tool
OSS Libraries / generic-library
n/an/a
pcreoss-projectOSS Librariesaka perl compatible regular expression library, pcre2
opensuseoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka opensuse
mariadboss-projectUSDatabases
phposs-projectUSOSS Librariesaka php language, pecl, pear

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Collection
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html
lists.opensuse.org
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1591
bugs.exim.org
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-015
fortiguard.com
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Timeline

Published
Jan 14, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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