{
    "id": "CVE-2016-1283",
    "published": "2016-01-03 00:59:03",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:41:38",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "The pcre_compile2 function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.38 mishandles the /((?:F?+(?:^(?(R)a+\\\"){99}-))(?J)(?'R'(?'R'<((?'RR'(?'R'\\){97)?J)?J)(?'R'(?'R'\\){99|(:(?|(?'R')(\\k'R')|((?'R')))H'R'R)(H'R))))))/ pattern and related patterns with named subgroups, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.",
    "epss_score": "0.07791",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94491",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-05 18:17:14",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "solaris"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "pcre",
            "product": "pcre"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "php",
            "product": "php"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178193.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178955.html",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79825",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034555",
        "http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.343110",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132",
        "https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128",
        "https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1767",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02",
        "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18",
        "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-14",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178193.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178955.html",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79825",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034555",
        "http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.343110",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132",
        "https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128",
        "https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1767",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02",
        "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18",
        "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-14"
    ]
}