VDB
CVE-2015-8388
CVE-2015-8388
PUBLISHED
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?=di(?<=(?1))|(?=(.))))/ pattern and related patterns with an unmatched closing parenthesis, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
EPSS 6.59% · 93.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
6.59%
93.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | pcre3 | 1:8.31-2, 0, * |
Timeline
- Dec 1, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 30, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8388 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-2015-8388 third-party-advisory