CVE-2015-8382
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.040 · 90 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-22
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (24)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager 6.2.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:tivoli_business_service_manager:6.2.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 7.2 EUSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.2:eus
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node v.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS 7.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:v.7.2:aus
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS 7.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.2:eus
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation v.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-1392PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions): Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2015-12-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen und um Informationen offen zu legen.
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sources
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references (25)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=c351b47ce85a3a147cfa801fa9f0149ab4160834cnnvd
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markupcnnvd
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_exec.c?r1=1502&r2=1510cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/3cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1cnnvd
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1537cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187225cnnvd
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c351b47ce85a3a147cfa801fa9f0149ab4160834enisa_euvd
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