CVE-2015-2305
Integer overflow in the regcomp implementation in the Henry Spencer BSD regex library (aka rxspencer) alpha3.8.g5 on 32-bit platforms, as used in NetBSD through 6.1.5 and other products, might allow
02 Description
Integer overflow in the regcomp implementation in the Henry Spencer BSD regex library (aka rxspencer) alpha3.8.g5 on 32-bit platforms, as used in NetBSD through 6.1.5 and other products, might allow
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-03-30 10:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-03-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e7d4e6d98c95ebf82ff64b2b675c8beca79be231d91cc876b6adc64a0a66e3a6
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com72611http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72611
- www.debian.orgDSA-3195http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3195
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20150311 Re: CVE request: spencer regexphttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/11/8
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0644http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- marc.infoSSRT102066http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2
- www.securitytracker.com1031947http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031947
- php.nethttp://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:0868http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2594-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2594-1
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT205267
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2572-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2572-1
- blog.clamav.nethttp://blog.clamav.net/2015/04/clamav-0987-has-been-released.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:0946http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00026.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#695940http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/695940
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0906http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00024.html
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20150207 Spencer regexp heap overflow?http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/14
- guidovranken.wordpress.comhttps://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2015/02/04/full-disclosure-heap-overflow-in-h-spencers-regex-library-on-32-bit-systems/
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1053http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1066http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- clamav Fixed in 0.98.7+dfsg-1
- librcsb-core-wrapper Fixed in 1.005-3
- newlib Fixed in 2.0.0-1
- nvi Fixed in 1.81.6-13
- vigor Fixed in 0.016-24
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- clamav Fixed in 0.98.7+dfsg-1
- librcsb-core-wrapper Fixed in 1.005-3
- newlib Fixed in 2.0.0-1
- nvi Fixed in 1.81.6-13
- vigor Fixed in 0.016-24
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- clamav Fixed in 0.98.7+dfsg-1
- librcsb-core-wrapper Fixed in 1.005-3
- newlib Fixed in 2.0.0-1
- nvi Fixed in 1.81.6-13
- vigor Fixed in 0.016-24
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- clamav Fixed in 0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- php5 Fixed in 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9
- vigor Fixed in 0.016-24build0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- nvi No fix yet
- openrpt No fix yet
- radare2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- openrpt No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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