Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?P=B)((?P=B)(?J:(?P<B>c)(?P<B>a(?P=B)))>WGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.
Published: 2016-12-13
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 5.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2694-1 PCRE vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2943-1 PCRE vulnerabilities
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Pcre Pcre Pcre2
Redhat Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:39:31.991Z

Reserved: 2015-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-3210

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-13T16:59:00.187

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-3210

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-11-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-3210 - Bugzilla

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