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CVE-2015-8389 Details

Description

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?:|a|){100}x/ pattern and related patterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) 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:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 CVEPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/ CVE

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]
CWE-185Incorrect Regular Expression[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
pcre perl compatible regular expression library
<= 8.37

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
22

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
php php
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.32
>= 5.6.0, < 5.6.18
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

14 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8389
NVD Published Date:
Dec 2, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-8389 Details - Not Deferred