CVE-2015-5073: ibm powerkvm
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-5073 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in ibm powerkvm. EPSS estimates a 7.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 4Timeline
- 13-12-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
7.67%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 7.67% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (bugs.exim.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (vcs.pcre.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorThe product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- pcre3< 2:8.35-7
Ibm1 product
- powerkvm2.1 | 3.1
Mageia1 product
- pcre< 8.37-2.1.mga5
Pcre1 product
- pcre≤ 8.37
Ubuntu1 product
- pcre3< 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1
5 vendors · 5 products
References
21 links- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
