CVE-2015-2305
regex: heap overflow in regcomp() on 32-bit architectures
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · February 4, 2015
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the regcomp() function of Henry Spencer's regular expression library. An attacker able to make an application process a specially crafted regular expression pattern with the regcomp() function could cause that application to crash and possibly execute arbitrary code.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE not specified