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    CVE-2015-8381

    The compile_regex function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.2x mishandles the /(?J:(?|(:(?|(?'R')(\k'R')|((?'R')))H'Rk'Rf)|s(?'R'))))/ and /(?J:(?|(:(?|(?'R')(\z(?|(?'R')(\k'R')|((?'R')))k'R')|((?'R')))H'Ak'Rf)|s(?'R')))/ patterns, and related patterns with certain group references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

    Published:Nov 23, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Dec 2, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.0905
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Pcre
    Product
    Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections

    Exploits

    http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markuphttps://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1667https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1672http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markuphttps://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1667https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1672

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2015-8389 (CVSS 9.8) — PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?:|a|){100}x/ pattern and related patterns, which allows remote attackers to…
    CVE-2015-8395 (CVSS 7.5) — PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or …
    CVE-2015-8383 (CVSS 9.8) — PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain repeated conditional groups, which allows remote attackers to cause a deni…
    CVE-2015-8384 (CVSS 7.5) — PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?J)(?'d'(?'d'\g{d}))/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursive ba…
    CVE-2015-8390 (CVSS 9.8) — PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the [: and \\ substrings in character classes, which allows remote attackers to ca…
    CVE-2015-8387 (CVSS 7.3) — PCRE before 8.38 mishandles (?123) subroutine calls and related subroutine calls, which allows remote attacker…
    CVE-2015-8392 (CVSS 7.5) — PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain instances of the (?| substring, which allows remote attackers to cause a d…
    CVE-2015-8393 (CVSS 7.5) — pcregrep in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the -q option for binary files, which might allow remote attackers to …
    CVE-2015-8394 (CVSS 9.8) — PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the (?(<digits>) and (?(R<digits>) conditions, which allows remote attackers to ca…
    CVE-2015-8385 (CVSS 7.5) — PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?|(\k'Pm')|(?'Pm'))/ pattern and related patterns with certain forward refer…

    References

    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
    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/76187
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
    https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
    https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1667
    https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1672
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
    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/76187
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
    https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
    https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1667
    https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1672
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02

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