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.

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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2943-1 PCRE vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2015-8391

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cve-icon NVD

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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