CVE-2015-5073
CRITICAL9.1EPSS 0.55%Published: 12/13/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5073
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/pcre3from 0, < 2:8.35-7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |