{
    "id": "CVE-2015-5073",
    "published": "2016-12-13 16:59:06",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:28:24",
    "cvss_score": "9.1",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.07673",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94421",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-05 18:17:13",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.1), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "ibm",
            "product": "powerkvm"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "pcre",
            "product": "pcre"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "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"
    ]
}