CVE-2015-3210
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
02 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
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
- 9.15% 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
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. 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
- 2016-12-13 16:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-04-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a9a7633ef58eb584b8373e03b29f58eed8d96289877280b4662100dca2a4a9c0
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1132https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
- www.securityfocus.com74934http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74934
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2750http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150601 CVE-2015-3210: PCRE Library Heap Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/01/7
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151202 Re: Heap Overflow in PCREhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/11
- bugs.exim.orghttps://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pcre3 Fixed in 2:8.35-7.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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