Critical severity · published Dec 13, 2016
CVE-2015-5073
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive…
9.1
CVSS
7.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.7% · 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
through 8.37 · source: NVD
PO
Powerkvm · Ibm
2.1; 3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5073
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5073
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Vendor Advisory
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup
Exploit
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571
Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1
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