CVE-2015-2327
EPSS 2.8%Published: 12/2/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2327
Description
PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /(((a\2)|(a*)\g<-1>))*/ pattern and related patterns with certain internal recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/pcre3from 0, < 2:8.35-7.2