CVE-2015-3210

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:(?Pc)(?Pa(?P=B)))>WGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

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CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/01/7	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/11	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74934	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.34:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.35:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.36:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.37:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-12-13 16:59

Updated : 2023-12-20 18:28

NVD link : CVE-2015-3210

Mitre link : CVE-2015-3210

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-3210

JSON object : View

Products Affected

pcre

pcre
pcre2

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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