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CVE-2015-8389

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
December 2, 2015
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
cve@mitre.org
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-185
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Affected products and versions

  • PHP — From 5.5.0 (including) to 5.5.32 (excluding)
  • PHP — From 5.6.0 (including) to 5.6.18 (excluding)
  • PHP — From 7.0.0 (including) to 7.0.3 (excluding)

References

  • lists.fedoraproject.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html Third Party Advisory
  • vcs.pcre.org http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
  • www.openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • www.securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • bto.bluecoat.com https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
  • h20566.www2.hpe.com https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 Third Party Advisory
  • security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 Third Party Advisory
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record