CVE-2015-2325

The compile_branch function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash), or possibly have other unspecified impact via a regular expression with a group containing a forward reference repeated a large number of times within a repeated outer group that has a zero minimum quantifier.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1591	Exploit Issue Tracking Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-015	Third Party Advisory
https://www.pcre.org/original/changelog.txt	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:php:php::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-01-14 17:15

Updated : 2022-08-05 14:29

NVD link : CVE-2015-2325

Mitre link : CVE-2015-2325

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-2325

JSON object : View

Products Affected

opensuse

opensuse

pcre

pcre

mariadb

mariadb

php

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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