DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3217

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Source

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3217

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3217.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3217

Published

2016-12-13T16:59:02Z

Modified

2025-09-18T05:18:13Z

Summary

[none]

Details

PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\.|([^\\W_])?)+)+$/.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3217

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pcre3

Package

Name: pcre3
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2:8.38-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / pcre3

Package

Name: pcre3
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2:8.38-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}