CVE-2015-8387

Published: Dec 2, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-190

7.3HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles (?123) subroutine calls and related subroutine calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:LConfidentiality

Low

I:LIntegrity

Low

A:LAvailability

Low

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Weaknesses

CWE-190

Affected Products

pcre

oss-projectaka perl compatible regular expression library, pcre2

perl compatible regular expression libraryLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

fedoraproject

oss-project·USaka fedora project

fedoraOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

php

oss-project·USaka php language, pecl, pear

phpDev Tool

OSS Libraries / generic-library

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Exploitability

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1 technique

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References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup

vcs.pcre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1

openwall.com

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