CVE-2015-2325

Published: Jan 14, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-125

7.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

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-125 CWE-787

Affected Products

pcre

oss-projectaka pcre2, perl compatible regular expression library

pcreLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

opensuse

oss-project·DE

opensuseOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

mariadb

oss-project·US

mariadbOn-premDatabase

Databases / relational

php

oss-project·USaka pecl, pear, php language

phpDev Tool

OSS Libraries / generic-library

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Exploitability

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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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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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