CVE-2015-8381

N/A
Published: December 2, 2015 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:34 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPerl Compatible Regular Expression Library

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

The compile_regex function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.2x mishandles the /(?J:(?|(:(?|(?'R')(\k'R')|((?'R')))H'Rk'Rf)|s(?'R'))))/ and /(?J:(?|(:(?|(?'R')(\z(?|(?'R')(\k'R')|((?'R')))k'R')|((?'R')))H'Ak'Rf)|s(?'R')))/ patterns, and related patterns with certain group references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

Affected

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

Remediation

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References (9)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76187
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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