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CVE-2015-8388

pcre: buffer overflow for forward reference within backward assertion with excess closing parenthesis (8.38/18)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · June 23, 2015

Updated · August 5, 2026

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow