CVE-2015-8389

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: December 02, 2015 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?:|a|){100}x/ pattern and related patterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
Source: cve@mitre.org
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.7%
86th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119 CWE-185

Affected Vendors

php fedoraproject pcre

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