CVE-2015-5073

9.1 CRITICAL
Published: December 13, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033154
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033154
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
7.7%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119 CWE-200

Affected Vendors

ibm pcre

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