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CVE-2015-8389

CVE-2015-8389 REJECTED

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?:|a|){100}x/ pattern and related patterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

EPSS 2.65% · 86.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
2.65%
86.1th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSpcre30, 2:8.35-7.1ubuntu1, 2:8.38-1ubuntu1

Timeline

  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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