The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-12-02T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:13:32.587Z

Reserved: 2015-12-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8380

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-12-02T01:59:03.347

Modified: 2017-07-01T01:29:25.327

Link: CVE-2015-8380

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8380 - Bugzilla