CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-8395

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain references, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to disrupt system operations, potentially leading to service downtime or other unforeseen issues.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to PCRE version 8.38 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, a related issue to CVE-2015-8384 and CVE-2015-8392.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS