Critical severity · published Dec 13, 2016
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…
9.8
CVSS
9.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.2% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PC
Pcre · Pcre
8.34; 8.35; 8.36; 8.37 · source: NVD
PC
Pcre2 · Pcre
10.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3210
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3210
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/01/7
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/11
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74934
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
Exploit
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636
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