CVE-2015-3217
published 2016-12-13CVE-2015-3217: PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based…
PriorityP342high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
6.17%
92.7th percentile
PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\\.|([^\\\\W_])?)+)+$/.
Affected
11 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | pcre3 | < pcre3 2:8.38-1 (bookworm) | pcre3 2:8.38-1 (bookworm) |
| ibm | powerkvm | — | — |
| ibm | powerkvm | — | — |
| pcre | pcre | — | — |
| pcre | pcre | — | — |
| pcre | pcre | — | — |
| pcre | pcre | — | — |
| pcre | pcre | — | — |
| pcre | pcre | — | — |
| pcre | pcre | — | — |
| pcre | pcre2 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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Red Hat
pcre: stack overflow caused by mishandled group empty match (8.38/11)
vendor_redhat·2015-06-03·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2015-3217 [HIGH] CWE-674 pcre: stack overflow caused by mishandled group empty match (8.38/11)
pcre: stack overflow caused by mishandled group empty match (8.38/11)
PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\\.|([^\\\\W_])?)+)+$/.
Package: pcre (Red Hat Directory Server 8) - Not affected
Package: pcre (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: glib2 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: pcre (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: glib2 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Package: virtuoso-opensource (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Package: httpd (Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1) - Not affected
Package: httpd (Red Hat JB
Debian
CVE-2015-3217: pcre3 - PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, w...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2015-3217 [HIGH] CVE-2015-3217: pcre3 - PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, w...
PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\\.|([^\\\\W_])?)+)+$/.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2:8.38-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2:8.38-1)
GHSA
GHSA-pv36-98fw-pc7h: PCRE 7
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2015-3217 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-pv36-98fw-pc7h: PCRE 7
PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\\.|([^\\\\W_])?)+)+$/.
OSV
CVE-2015-3217: PCRE 7
osv·2016-12-13·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2015-3217 [HIGH] CVE-2015-3217: PCRE 7
PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\\.|([^\\\\W_])?)+)+$/.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlhttp://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1566http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/03/7http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75018https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1638https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228283http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlhttp://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1566http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/03/7http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75018https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1638https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228283
2016-12-13
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