CVE-2015-8380
The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly
02 Description
The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly
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
- 4.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.0% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2015-12-02 01:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5dd9b31d98853145f5ca9652ca5ea786cc1b1c895c030eaf0b872b3aeaeed29b
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151128 Re: Heap Overflow in PCREhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
- bugs.exim.orghttps://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637
- blog.fuzzing-project.orghttps://blog.fuzzing-project.org/29-Heap-Overflow-in-PCRE.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-afafa29551http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173700.html
- www.securityfocus.com77695http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77695
- bto.bluecoat.comhttps://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
- vcs.pcre.orghttp://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201607-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pcre3 Fixed in 2:8.38-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- pcre3 Fixed in 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.