PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /(((a\2)|(a*)\g<-1>))*/ pattern and related patterns with certain internal recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17252
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-2420
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1503
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74924
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-VD-15-010/