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FKIE_CVE-2015-8386

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-12-02 01:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:34
Summary
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the interaction of lookbehind assertions and mutually recursive subpatterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markupBroken Link, Release Notes
cve@mitre.orghttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markupBroken Link, Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/
Impacted products

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          "vendor": "n/a",
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      ],
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    }
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              "versionEndIncluding": "8.37",
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            },
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    },
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    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "PCRE en versiones anteriores a 8.38 no maneja correctamente la interacci\u00f3n de aserciones lookbehind y de subpatrones mutuamente recursivos, lo que permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (desbordamiento de buffer) o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a trav\u00e9s de una expresi\u00f3n regular manipulada, seg\u00fan lo demostrado por un objeto JavaScript RegExp encontrado por Konqueror."
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  ],
  "id": "CVE-2015-8386",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:34:26.023",
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        "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
        "cvssData": {
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
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          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
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        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
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        "type": "Primary",
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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  "published": "2015-12-02T01:59:10.400",
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    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
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      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
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