UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5073

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5073

    Published: 26 Jun 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5073

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5073, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2694-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5073

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pcre3

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3@1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1

    Affected versions

    1:8.31-2

    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