CVE-2015-5073

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 13 Dec 2016, 16:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 06:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.55% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Dec 2016, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 06:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.55%• Percentile: 68%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • ibm•powerkvm

    2.1 | 3.1

  • pcre•pcre

    ≤ 8.37

References (13)