CVE-2015-5073
published 2016-12-13CVE-2015-5073: Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)…
PriorityP349critical9.1CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAH
EPSS
7.67%
93.9th percentile
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | pcre3 | < pcre3 2:8.35-7 (bookworm) | pcre3 2:8.35-7 (bookworm) |
| ibm | powerkvm | — | — |
| ibm | powerkvm | — | — |
| pcre | pcre | <= 8.37 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.09.1CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.06.4MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
osv9.1CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.1CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.1CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu5.0MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
PCRE vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-03-29
CVE-2014-9769 PCRE vulnerabilities
Title: PCRE vulnerabilities
Summary: PCRE could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a
specially-crafted regular expression.
It was discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications
using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart applications using PCRE,
such as the Apache HTTP server and Nginx, to make all the necessary
changes.
Ubuntu
PCRE vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2015-07-29·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2014-8964 [MEDIUM] PCRE vulnerabilities
Title: PCRE vulnerabilities
Summary: PCRE could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a
specially-crafted regular expression.
Michele Spagnuolo discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications
using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-8964)
Kai Lu discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications
using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04.
(CVE-2015-2325, CVE-2015-2326)
Wen Guanxing discovered that PCRE incorr
Red Hat
pcre: buffer overflow for forward reference within backward assertion with excess closing parenthesis (8.38/18)
vendor_redhat·2015-06-23·CVSS 9.1
CVE-2015-5073 [CRITICAL] CWE-122 pcre: buffer overflow for forward reference within backward assertion with excess closing parenthesis (8.38/18)
pcre: buffer overflow for forward reference within backward assertion with excess closing parenthesis (8.38/18)
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
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) - Not affected
Package: glib2 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Package: virtuoso-opensource (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - No
Debian
CVE-2015-5073: pcre3 - Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 9.1
CVE-2015-5073 [CRITICAL] CVE-2015-5073: pcre3 - Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in...
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2:8.35-7)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2:8.35-7)
GHSA
GHSA-r9r2-m4cw-3hgp: Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2015-5073 [CRITICAL] CWE-119 GHSA-r9r2-m4cw-3hgp: Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
OSV
CVE-2015-5073: Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile
osv·2016-12-13·CVSS 9.1
CVE-2015-5073 [CRITICAL] CVE-2015-5073: Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
OSV
pcre3 vulnerabilities
osv·2015-07-29·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2014-8964 [MEDIUM] pcre3 vulnerabilities
pcre3 vulnerabilities
Michele Spagnuolo discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications
using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-8964)
Kai Lu discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications
using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04.
(CVE-2015-2325, CVE-2015-2326)
Wen Guanxing discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications
using PCRE t
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
pcre: Buffer overflow caused by certain patterns with an unmatched closing parenthesis (8.38/18)
bugzilla·2015-12-02·CVSS 9.1
CVE-2015-5073 [CRITICAL] pcre: Buffer overflow caused by certain patterns with an unmatched closing parenthesis (8.38/18)
pcre: Buffer overflow caused by certain patterns with an unmatched closing parenthesis (8.38/18)
It was discovered that PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?=di(?
Date: Tue Jun 23 16:34:53 2015 +0000
Fix buffer overflow for forward reference within backward assertion with exc
ess
closing parenthesis. Bugzilla 1651.
git-svn-id: svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre/code/trunk@1571 2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-
cb99058d5e15
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Is this CVE a duplicate of CVE-2015-5073?
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I think it is.
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1237223 ***
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5073 mingw-pcre: pcre: heap buffer overflow in find_fixedlength() [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2015-06-30·CVSS 9.1
CVE-2015-5073 [CRITICAL] CVE-2015-5073 mingw-pcre: pcre: heap buffer overflow in find_fixedlength() [fedora-all]
CVE-2015-5073 mingw-pcre: pcre: heap buffer overflow in find_fixedlength() [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported ve
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5073 pcre: heap buffer overflow in find_fixedlength() [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2015-06-30·CVSS 9.1
CVE-2015-5073 [CRITICAL] CVE-2015-5073 pcre: heap buffer overflow in find_fixedlength() [fedora-all]
CVE-2015-5073 pcre: heap buffer overflow in find_fixedlength() [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fe
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5073 CVE-2015-8388 pcre: buffer overflow for forward reference within backward assertion with excess closing parenthesis (8.38/18)
bugzilla·2015-06-30·CVSS 9.1
CVE-2015-5073 [CRITICAL] CVE-2015-5073 CVE-2015-8388 pcre: buffer overflow for forward reference within backward assertion with excess closing parenthesis (8.38/18)
CVE-2015-5073 CVE-2015-8388 pcre: buffer overflow for forward reference within backward assertion with excess closing parenthesis (8.38/18)
Quoting http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1:
"""
PCRE is a regular expression C library inspired by the regular expression
capabilities in the Perl programming language.
The PCRE library is incorporated into a number of prominent programs, such
as Adobe Flash, Apache, Nginx, PHP.
PCRE library is prone to a vulnerability which leads to Heap Overflow.
During subpattern calculation of a malformed regular expression, an offset
that is used as an array index is fully controlled and can be large enough
so that unexpected heap memory regions are accessed.
One could at least exploit this issue to read objects nearby of the
affected appli
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2016-12-13
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