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Vulnerability details: VCID-mq83-9qaf-ffgc
Vulnerability ID VCID-mq83-9qaf-ffgc
Aliases CVE-2015-2327
Summary pcre: infinite recursion compiling pattern with zero-repeated groups that include recursive back reference (8.36/19)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.02821 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2327
epss 0.02821 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2327
epss 0.02821 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2327
epss 0.02821 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2327
epss 0.02821 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2327
epss 0.02821 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2327
epss 0.02821 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2327
epss 0.02821 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2327
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2327
Reference id Reference type URL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-2327.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2327
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1503
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2327
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17252
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-VD-15-010/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74924
1285408 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1285408
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-2327 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2327
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-2015-2327
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 0.8609
EPSS Score 0.02821
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:47:26.943453+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-2327.json 38.0.0