CVE-2015-8380
PCRE < 8.38 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via Crafted Regular Expression
Title source: llmDescription
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 have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Exploit mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/29-Heap-Overflow-in-PCRE.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173700.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77695
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
Scores
EPSS
0.0444
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (2)
fedoraproject/fedora
22
pcre/perl_compatible_regular_expression_library
< 8.37
Published
Dec 02, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026