CVE-2015-8386

Published: Dec 2, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the interaction of lookbehind assertions and mutually recursive subpatterns, 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.

Affected (6)

Products: Pcre: Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library · Fedoraproject: Fedora · Oracle: Linux · +1 more

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Pcre: Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library · Fedoraproject: Fedora · Oracle: Linux · Php: Php

1 product

Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Pcre Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library	Up to 8.37

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 22
Oracle Linux	Version 7

Configuration C

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Php Php	From 5.5.0 to 5.5.32
Php Php	From 5.6.0 to 5.6.18
Php Php	From 7.0.0 to 7.0.3

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (26)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken LinkRelease Notes

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken LinkRelease Notes

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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