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CVE-2015-8380
CVE-2015-8380
PUBLISHED
The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
EPSS 4.44% · 90.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
4.44%
90.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | pcre3 | 0, 1:8.31-2, 1:8.31-2ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- Dec 1, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8380 third-party-advisory
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/29-Heap-Overflow-in-PCRE.html third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 third-party-advisory
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8380 third-party-advisory