CVE-2015-8382
EPSS 1.8%Published: 12/2/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8382
Description
The match function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.37 mishandles the /(?:((abcd))|(((?:(?:(?:(?:abc|(?:abcdef))))b)abcdefghi)abc)|((*ACCEPT)))/ pattern and related patterns involving (*ACCEPT), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (partially initialized memory and application crash) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-2547.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/pcre3from 0, < 2:8.35-7.2