PCRE Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CVE-2015-8380 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

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