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Vulnerability details: VCID-va26-j6rt-buab
Vulnerability ID VCID-va26-j6rt-buab
Aliases CVE-2015-8380
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 (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.01238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8380
epss 0.01238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8380
epss 0.01238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8380
epss 0.01238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8380
epss 0.01238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8380
epss 0.01238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8380
epss 0.01238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8380
epss 0.01238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8380
epss 0.01238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8380
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8380
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173700.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
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
GLSA-201607-02 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
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 0.79173
EPSS Score 0.01238
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:47.967979+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 38.0.0