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Vulnerability details: VCID-ayhy-zhnn-aaah
Vulnerability ID VCID-ayhy-zhnn-aaah
Aliases CVE-2015-8380
Summary The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
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generic_textual Low https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/29-Heap-Overflow-in-PCRE.html
rhbs unspecified https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1285413
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8380
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8380
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1
generic_textual Low http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
generic_textual Low http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173700.html
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8380.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8380.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8380
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/29-Heap-Overflow-in-PCRE.html
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8380
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77695
1285413 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1285413
806467 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=806467
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:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-8380 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8380
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-2015-8380
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 0.75511
EPSS Score 0.01046
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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