CVE-2015-8390

pcre: uninitialized memory read triggered by malformed posix character class (8.38/22)

Published Dec 2, 2015 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 4.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the [: and \\ substrings in character classes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory read) 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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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8272 PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the [: and \\ substrings in character classes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2943-1 PCRE vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:13 AM
Reserved
Dec 1, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 2, 2015, 1:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:34 AM
Severity
Public date
Nov 23, 2015, 12:00 AM