CVE-2015-2327 PUBLISHED

PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /(((a\2)|(a*)\g<-1>))*/ pattern and related patterns with certain internal recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

EPSS 2.82% · 86.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
2.82%
86.0th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSpcre30, 1:8.31-2, 1:8.31-2ubuntu2

Timeline

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