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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8384

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8384 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?J)(?'d'(?'d'\g{d}))/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursive back references, 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, a related issue to CVE-2015-8392 and CVE-2015-8395.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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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