CVE-2015-3210

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?P=B)((?P=B)(?J:(?P<B>c)(?P<B>a(?P=B)))>WGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published12/13/2016

Last Modified5/6/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

pcre:pcrepcre:pcre2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/01/7(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/11(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74934(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636(secalert@redhat.com)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/01/7(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/11(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74934(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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