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Vulnerability details: VCID-yztb-bavc-kkgt
Vulnerability ID VCID-yztb-bavc-kkgt
Aliases CVE-2015-8383
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 0.02335 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8383
epss 0.02335 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8383
epss 0.02335 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8383
epss 0.02335 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8383
epss 0.02335 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8383
epss 0.02335 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8383
epss 0.02335 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8383
epss 0.02335 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8383
epss 0.02335 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8383
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8383
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8383
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8383.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8383
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8383
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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
1287614 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1287614
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-8383 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8383
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-2015-8383
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-2015-8383
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 0.84771
EPSS Score 0.02335
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:47.988362+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 38.0.0