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Vulnerability details: VCID-a952-adu8-8qfx
Vulnerability ID VCID-a952-adu8-8qfx
Aliases CVE-2015-8385
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libpcre, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.05145 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8385
epss 0.05145 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8385
epss 0.05145 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8385
epss 0.05145 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8385
epss 0.05145 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8385
epss 0.05145 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8385
epss 0.05145 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8385
epss 0.05145 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8385
epss 0.05145 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8385
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8385
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/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8385.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8385
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8385
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85572
1287629 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1287629
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:perl_compatible_regular_expression_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:perl_compatible_regular_expression_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-8385 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8385
GLSA-201607-02 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
RHSA-2016:1025 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1025
RHSA-2016:1132 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
RHSA-2016:2750 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2750
USN-2943-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2943-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8385
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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.89835
EPSS Score 0.05145
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:48.008241+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 38.0.0