CVE-2015-8389
CVSS V2 High 7.5
CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?:|a|){100}x/ pattern and related patterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2015-8389
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2015-12-02T01:59:13
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-02-16T14:15:13
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pcre:perl_compatible_regular_expression_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 8.37 | |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 5.5.0 | 5.5.32 |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 5.6.0 | 5.6.18 |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 7.0.0 | 7.0.3 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 9.8
- Base Severity
- CRITICAL
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 | Permissions Required Third Party Advisory |
| https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/ |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8389 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8389 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 09:40:39 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 07:20:24 | 2015-12-02T01:59Z | 2015-12-02T01:59:13 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 07:20:24 | 2022-08-16T13:08:36 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 07:20:24 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2023-02-16 17:05:04 | 2023-02-16T14:15:13 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-16 17:05:04 | Analyzed | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |
| 2023-02-16 17:05:05 | References | updated |