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CVE-2015-8389

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

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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 /(?:|a|){100}x/ pattern and related patterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

Affected (5)

Pcre
1 product
Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library
Fedoraproject
1 product
Fedora
Php
1 product
Php
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library
Up to 8.37
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Fedora
Version 22
Configuration C
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Php
Php
From 5.5.0 to 5.5.32
Php
From 5.6.0 to 5.6.18
Php
From 7.0.0 to 7.0.3

Related CWEs

CWE-119
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.
CWE-185
Incorrect Regular Expression
The product specifies a regular expression in a way that causes data to be improperly matched or compared.

References (16)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: cve@mitre.org
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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