Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-3210

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?P=B)((?P=B)(?J:(?P<B>c)(?P<B>a(?P=B)))>WGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.

Affected products

Pcre/Pcre2
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Pcre/Pcre4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/74934nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132nvdThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/01/7nvdMailing List
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/11nvdMailing List

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