CVE-2015-8389
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 2.7%Published: 12/2/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8389
Description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?:|a|){100}x/ pattern and related patterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) 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, < 2:8.38-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |