CVE-2015-8389
pcre: infinite recursion in JIT compiler when processing certain patterns (8.38/21)
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · November 23, 2015
Updated · August 5, 2026
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion