CVE-2015-2305 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Haskell-regex-posix
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
28.7%
top 3.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 30
Latest updateMay 14
Description
Integer overflow in the regcomp implementation in the Henry Spencer BSD regex library (aka rxspencer) alpha3.8.g5 on 32-bit platforms, as used in NetBSD through 6.1.5 and other products, might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large regular expression that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4
Affected Packages19 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
5Debian▶
CVE-2015-2305: alpine - Integer overflow in the regcomp implementation in the Henry Spencer BSD regex li...↗2015