CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8391
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-12-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The pcre_compile function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain [: nesting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Affected configurations
• pcre pcre (< 8.38)
• oracle linux 7
• fedoraproject fedora 22
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.7
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.7
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.7
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• php php (>= 5.5.0 < 5.5.32)
• php php (>= 5.6.0 < 5.6.18)
• php php (>= 7.0.0 < 7.0.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html Third Party Advisory
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup Broken Link
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 Third Party Advisory
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 Permissions Required
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/ security.netapp.com
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html Third Party Advisory
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup Broken Link
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 Third Party Advisory
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 Permissions Required
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/ security.netapp.com