CVE-2015-8393

HIGH7.5EPSS 0.72%
Published: 12/2/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8393

Description

pcregrep in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the -q option for binary files, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a CGI script that sends stdout data to a client.

Affected packages (1)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References (1)