CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-5073

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2016-12-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-12-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-200

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.

Affected configurations

• ibm powerkvm 2.1 • ibm powerkvm 3.1 • pcre pcre (<= 8.37)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References