CVE-2015-2328
N/A
Published: December 2, 2015 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinuxPcre
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /((?(R)a|(?1)))+/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markupx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-VD-15-014/Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-19
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