CVE-2015-3210

critical

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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/11

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/01/7

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-13

Updated: 2023-12-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical