CVE-2015-2325

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The compile_branch function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash), or possibly have other unspecified impact via a regular expression with a group containing a forward reference repeated a large number of times within a repeated outer group that has a zero minimum quantifier.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125 CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 14, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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