VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-8380

The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.44%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 4.44% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: pcre/perl compatible regular expression library · fedoraproject/fedora
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173700.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markupExploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77695Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/29-Heap-Overflow-in-PCRE.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637Exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173700.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markupExploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77695Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/29-Heap-Overflow-in-PCRE.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637Exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.