Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
Published: 2016-12-13
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5089 Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2694-1 PCRE vulnerabilities
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Ibm Powerkvm
Pcre Pcre
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:32:32.687Z

Reserved: 2015-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5073

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-13T16:59:06.097

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

Link: CVE-2015-5073

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-06-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5073 - Bugzilla

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