CVE-2015-8385

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?|(\k'Pm')|(?'Pm'))/ pattern and related patterns with certain forward references, which allows remote attackers to cause a…

published December 2, 2015

CVSS
—
EPSS
6%
Percentile
92.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?|(\k'Pm')|(?'Pm'))/ pattern and related patterns with certain forward 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05623 · 92.9th percentile
Published
2015-12-02T01:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 DEC 01:00Z
    PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?|(\k'Pm')|(?'Pm'))/ pattern and related patterns with certain forward references, which allows remote attackers to cause a…
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