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CVE-2015-2327 Details

Description

PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /(((a\2)|(a*)\g<-1>))*/ pattern and related patterns with certain internal recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html CVE
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1503 CVEExploit
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17252 CVE
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup CVEExploit
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-VD-15-010/ CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
pcre perl compatible regular expression library
<= 8.35

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:pcre:perl_compatible_regular_expression_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-2327
NVD Published Date:
Dec 2, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-2327 Details - Not Deferred