CVE-2015-3217
N/A
Published: December 13, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsPcrePowerkvmPCRE2
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\\.|([^\\\\W_])?)+)+$/.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
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_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1566x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/03/7x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75018Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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