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CVE-2015-8380

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Date: December 1, 2015

The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, 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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (11)

http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8380
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/29-Heap-Overflow-in-PCRE.html
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8380
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77695
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173700.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8380

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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