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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-13T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:32:32.687Z

Reserved: 2015-06-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-5073

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-13T16:59:06.097

Modified: 2018-05-18T01:29:00.430

Link: CVE-2015-5073

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-06-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5073 - Bugzilla