9.1
CVSSv3

CVE-2015-5073

Published: 13/12/2016 Updated: 18/05/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.4 | Impact Score: 4.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.1 | Impact Score: 5.2 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 571
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE prior to 8.38 allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.

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Synopsis Moderate: rh-php56 security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for rh-php56, rh-php56-php, and rh-php56-php-pear is now available for Red Hat Software CollectionsRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Mo ...
PCRE could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially-crafted regular expression ...
PCRE could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially-crafted regular expression ...
Debian Bug report logs - #809706 pcre3: CVE-2016-1283 Package: src:pcre3; Maintainer for src:pcre3 is Matthew Vernon <matthew@debianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 06:37:17 UTC Severity: important Tags: fixed-upstream, patch, security, upstream Found in version pcr ...
Debian Bug report logs - #806467 pcre3: CVE-2015-8380: Heap overflow / invalid write in fuction pcre_exec Package: src:pcre3; Maintainer for src:pcre3 is Matthew Vernon <matthew@debianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 18:27:06 UTC Severity: normal Tags: fixed-upstream ...
Debian Bug report logs - #790000 pcre3: CVE-2015-5073: heap overflow vulnerability in find_fixedlength() Package: src:pcre3; Maintainer for src:pcre3 is Matthew Vernon <matthew@debianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 05:30:01 UTC Severity: important Tags: fixed-upstre ...
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compilec in PCRE before 838 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis (CVE-2015-5073) PCRE be ...
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compilec in PCRE before 838 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis (CVE-2015-5073) PCRE be ...
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compilec in PCRE before 838 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis ...