CVE-2015-2328

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 02 Dec 2015, 01:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 05:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.71% LOW
3% probability -2.42%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Dec 2015, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 05:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /((?(R)a|(?1)))+/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.71%• Percentile: 86%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-19•Data Processing Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are typically found in functionality that processes data. Data processing is the manipulation of input to retrieve or save information.

Affected Systems

  • oracle•linux

    7

  • pcre•pcre

    ≤ 8.35

References (10)