Description
The pcre_compile function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain [: nesting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Published: 2015-12-02
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 6.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2943-1 PCRE vulnerabilities
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Oracle Linux
Pcre Pcre
Php Php
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Eus Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Server Aus Enterprise Linux Server Tus Enterprise Linux Workstation Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:13:32.678Z

Reserved: 2015-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8391

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-12-02T01:59:15.323

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-8391

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-11-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8391 - Bugzilla

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