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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 2, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-2327

CVE-2015-2327

Description

PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /(((a\2)|(a*)\g<-1>))*/ pattern and related patterns with certain internal recursive back references, 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.

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