DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8394

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8394

    Published: 2 Dec 2015Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8394

    Summary:

    Details: PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the (?(<digits>) and (?(R<digits>) conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8394

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pcre3

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:8.38-1

    Affected versions

    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
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