High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 2, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-8387
CVE-2015-8387
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128nvdThird Party Advisory
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplaynvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02nvdThird Party Advisory
- vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLognvdBroken LinkRelease Notes
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/nvd
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