CVE-2015-2326 (GCVE-0-2015-2326)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-14 16:46 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via regular expression with a group containing both a forward referencing subroutine call and a recursive back reference, as demonstrated by "((?+1)(\1))/".
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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|---|---|
| https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1592 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.pcre.org/original/changelog.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-016 | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2015-05-12 00:00
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