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CVE-2015-2325

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 14, 2020 at 04:46 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsopenSUSEPHPMariaDB

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

The compile_branch function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash), or possibly have other unspecified impact via a regular expression with a group containing a forward reference repeated a large number of times within a repeated outer group that has a zero minimum quantifier.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

MariaDB· Mariadbnpm
95%
v < 10.0.18
Affected range stops below 10.0.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
openSUSE· openSUSE
95%
13.113.2
Pcre· Pcre
95%
v < 8.37
Affected range stops below 8.37, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
PHP· PHPdrupal
95%
5.4.0 ≤ v < 5.4.415.5.0 ≤ v < 5.5.265.6.0 ≤ v < 5.6.9
Affected range stops below 5.4.41, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.5.26, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.6.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1591
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-015
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.pcre.org/original/changelog.txt

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125CWE-787

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