CVE-2015-8384

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?J)(?'d'(?'d'\g{d}))/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to…

published December 2, 2015

CVSS
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EPSS
3%
Percentile
88.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?J)(?'d'(?'d'\g{d}))/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, a related issue to CVE-2015-8392 and CVE-2015-8395.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03399 · 88.7th percentile
Published
2015-12-02T01:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 DEC 01:00Z
    PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?J)(?'d'(?'d'\g{d}))/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to…
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