CVE-2015-8388

Description

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(=di(<=(1))|(=(.))))/ pattern and related patterns with an unmatched closing parenthesis, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

Risk Information

Base Score

10.0

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

7.761

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability (CVE-2015-8388)	NCM

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234