CVE-2015-2327Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.8%
top 13.83%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 2
Latest updateMay 14

Description

PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /(((a\2)|(a*)\g))*/ pattern and related patterns with certain internal recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-hvfc-r626-888m: PCRE before 82022-05-14
CVEList
CVE-2015-2327: PCRE before 82015-12-02
OSV
CVE-2015-2327: PCRE before 82015-12-02

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
PCRE vulnerabilities2016-03-29
Debian
CVE-2015-2327: pcre3 - PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /(((a\2)|(a*)\g<-1>))*/ pattern and related patt...2015
Red Hat
pcre: infinite recursion compiling pattern with zero-repeated groups that include recursive back reference (8.36/19)2014-07-11

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-2327 pcre: infinite recursion compiling pattern with zero-repeated groups that include recursive back reference (8.36/19)2015-11-25
CVE-2015-2327 — HIGH severity | cvebase