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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8382

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8382 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

The match function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.37 mishandles the /(?:((abcd))|(((?:(?:(?:(?:abc|(?:abcdef))))b)abcdefghi)abc)|((*ACCEPT)))/ pattern and related patterns involving (*ACCEPT), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (partially initialized memory and application crash) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-2547.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
8.800000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11pcre30, 0, 0
Debian:12pcre30, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 2, 2015 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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