CVE-2015-8382

critical

Description

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187225

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76157

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/3

http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_exec.c?r1=1502&r2=1510

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c351b47ce85a3a147cfa801fa9f0149ab4160834

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-12-02

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical