{"id":"CVE-2015-5073","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-5073","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:22.010Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2016-12-13T16:59:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:28:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119","CWE-200"],"affected":["ibm/powerkvm","pcre/pcre"],"epss":{"score":0.07673,"percentile":0.9455,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033154","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033154","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5073","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}