Denial of Service Vulnerability in PCRE Software from Multiple Vendors
CVE-2015-8383

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Pcre

Status
Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 December 2015

What is CVE-2015-8383?

The vulnerability in the PCRE software before version 8.38 can be triggered by specially crafted regular expressions, leading to a denial of service condition due to a buffer overflow. Attackers can exploit this flaw to disrupt services, as demonstrated through certain applications like the Konqueror browser managing JavaScript RegExp objects.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
mailing-list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
vendor-advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
vendor-advisory

EPSS Score

6% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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