VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-8387

CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability3.64%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-12-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Description

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles (?123) subroutine calls and related subroutine calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references