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Vulnerability details: VCID-rjha-4uew-aaag
Vulnerability ID VCID-rjha-4uew-aaag
Aliases CVE-2015-5073
Summary Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.2
Risk 4.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-5073.html
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1025
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2750
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237223
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5073
cvssv2 6.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5073
cvssv3 9.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5073
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2694-1
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1
generic_textual Low http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1
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://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-5073.html
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-2015-5073.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5073
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5073
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2694-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033154
1237223 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237223
790000 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=790000
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:pcre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-5073 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5073
RHSA-2016:1025 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1025
RHSA-2016:2750 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2750
USN-2694-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2694-1/
USN-2943-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2943-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5073
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:H/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5073
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 0.67321
EPSS Score 0.00612
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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