CVE-2015-5073
9.1
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 7.7% (pctl 94)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.1), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.1 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 7.67% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-12-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ibm | powerkvm |
| pcre | pcre |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033154
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3
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