CVE-2015-3210

pcre: buffer overflow caused by recursive back reference by name within certain group (8.38/4)

Published Dec 13, 2016 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 9.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?P=B)((?P=B)(?J:(?P<B>c)(?P<B>a(?P=B)))>WGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2694-1 PCRE vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2943-1 PCRE vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 5:39 AM
Reserved
Apr 10, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 13, 2016, 4:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:25 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Nov 23, 2015, 12:00 AM