CVE-2015-5073
CVSS V2 Medium 6.4
CVSS V3 Critical 9.1
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2015-5073
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2016-12-13T16:59:06
- Last Modified Date
- 2018-05-18T01:29:00
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powerkvm:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powerkvm:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 8.37 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.4
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 4.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 9.1
- Base Severity
- CRITICAL
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 5.2
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1 | Mailing List |
| http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651 | Exploit |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3 | Mailing List |
| http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033154 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5073 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5073 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 18:43:30 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 12:23:28 | 2016-12-13T16:59Z | 2016-12-13T16:59:06 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 12:23:28 | 2018-05-18T01:29:00 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 12:23:28 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |