Description
The match function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.37 mishandles the /(?:((abcd))|(((?:(?:(?:(?:abc|(?:abcdef))))b)abcdefghi)abc)|((*ACCEPT)))/ pattern and related patterns involving (*ACCEPT), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (partially initialized memory and application crash) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-2547.
Published: 2015-12-02
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: 1.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8264 The match function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.37 mishandles the /(?:((abcd))|(((?:(?:(?:(?:abc|(?:abcdef))))b)abcdefghi)abc)|((*ACCEPT)))/ pattern and related patterns involving (*ACCEPT), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (partially initialized memory and application crash) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-2547.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2943-1 PCRE vulnerabilities
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Pcre Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:13:32.894Z

Reserved: 2015-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8382

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-12-02T01:59:05.787

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

Link: CVE-2015-8382

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-02-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8382 - Bugzilla

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