CVE-2015-8383
PCRE Denial of Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain repeated conditional groups, 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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 2, 2015, 1:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 16, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2015-8383
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2015-8383.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup | Broken Link Release Notes |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/ |
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CVE-2015-8383 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 16, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/ [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 16, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup Release Notes, Vendor Advisory http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup Broken Link, Release Notes Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5.0 up to (excluding) 5.5.32 *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.6.0 up to (excluding) 5.6.18 *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 up to (excluding) 7.0.3 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 29, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup No Types Assigned http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 No Types Assigned https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 No Types Assigned https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 24, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 02, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:pcre:perl_compatible_regular_expression_library:8.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 02, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-8383 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-8383
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
4.98 }} 0.00%
score
0.91579
percentile