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CVE-2015-3210

Published: Dec 13, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-787
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
9.2%
Top 5.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

n/an/a
pcre2pcre
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
pcrepcre
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
pcreoss-projectOSS Librariesaka perl compatible regular expression library, pcre2

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
access.redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74934
securityfocus.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
rhn.redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 13, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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