CVE-2015-8382

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    CVE-2015-8382

    Published: 2 Dec 2015Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The match function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.37 mishandles the /(?:((abcd))|(((?:(?:(?:(?:abc|(?:abcdef))))b)abcdefghi)abc)|((*ACCEPT)))/ pattern and related patterns involving (*ACCEPT), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (partially initialized memory and application crash) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-2547.

    References: https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128, http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup, https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1537, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187225, http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c351b47ce85a3a147cfa801fa9f0149ab4160834, http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_exec.c?r1=1502&r2=1510, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76157

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High