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Vulnerability details: VCID-4jhx-e3fx-aaah
Vulnerability ID VCID-4jhx-e3fx-aaah
Aliases CVE-2015-3217
Summary Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer PCRE, and PCRE2 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
System Score Found at
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1025
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2750
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cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3217
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3217
cvssv3.1 8.8 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
generic_textual HIGH http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-3217.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3217
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1638
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228283
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3217
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1566
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/03/7
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75018
787641 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=787641
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powerkvm:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powerkvm:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powerkvm:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powerkvm:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-3217 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3217
RHSA-2016:1025 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1025
RHSA-2016:2750 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2750
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3217
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3217
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.76265
EPSS Score 0.0112
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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