CVE-2015-8385
pcre: buffer overflow caused by named forward reference to duplicate group number (8.38/30)
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · November 23, 2015
Updated · November 2, 2026
Description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?|(\k'Pm')|(?'Pm'))/ pattern and related patterns with certain forward references, 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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input