CVE-2015-8380

high

Description

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.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173700.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-12-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High