DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5073

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Source

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5073

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5073.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5073

Published

2016-12-13T16:59:06Z

Modified

2025-09-19T06:20:21Z

Summary

[none]

Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the findfixedlength function in pcrecompile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5073

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

2:8.35-7

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

2:8.35-7

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}