CVE-2015-8388

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?=di(?<=(?1))|(?=(.))))/ pattern and related patterns with an unmatched closing parenthesis, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119CWE-185

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 2, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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