CVE-2015-8388
EPSS 4.2%Published: 12/2/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8388
Description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?=di(?<=(?1))|(?=(.))))/ pattern and related patterns with an unmatched closing parenthesis, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) 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