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Vulnerability details: VCID-wx7q-7bp6-bybq
Vulnerability ID VCID-wx7q-7bp6-bybq
Aliases CVE-2015-8384
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 (2)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.01192 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8384
epss 0.01192 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8384
epss 0.01192 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8384
epss 0.01192 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8384
epss 0.01192 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8384
epss 0.01192 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8384
epss 0.01192 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8384
epss 0.01192 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8384
epss 0.01192 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8384
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8384
Reference id Reference type URL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8384.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8384
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8384
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
1287623 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1287623
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-2015-8384 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8384
GLSA-201607-02 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
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-2015-8384
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 0.788
EPSS Score 0.01192
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:47.998769+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 38.0.0