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Vulnerability details: VCID-kwfj-9bb2-dqcb
Vulnerability ID VCID-kwfj-9bb2-dqcb
Aliases CVE-2015-8386
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 8.8
Risk 4.4
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 0.0752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8386
epss 0.0752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8386
epss 0.0752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8386
epss 0.0752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8386
epss 0.0752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8386
epss 0.0752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8386
epss 0.0752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8386
epss 0.0752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8386
epss 0.0752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8386
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8386
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8386
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html
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-2015-8386.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8386
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8386
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/
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/82990
1287636 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1287636
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:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2015-8386 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8386
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-2015-8386
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8386
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 0.91768
EPSS Score 0.0752
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:48.018235+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 38.0.0