CVE-2015-2305

medium

Description

Integer overflow in the regcomp implementation in the Henry Spencer BSD regex library (aka rxspencer) alpha3.8.g5 on 32-bit platforms, as used in NetBSD through 6.1.5 and other products, might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large regular expression that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

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https://support.apple.com/HT205267

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2594-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2572-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031947

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72611

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/695940

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3195

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/11/8

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/14

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00024.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00026.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html

http://blog.clamav.net/2015/04/clamav-0987-has-been-released.html

https://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2015/02/04/full-disclosure-heap-overflow-in-h-spencers-regex-library-on-32-bit-systems/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-2402

http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-03-30

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0837