DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8391

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Source

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8391

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8391.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8391

Published

2015-12-02T01:59:15Z

Modified

2025-09-19T06:13:36Z

Summary

[none]

Details

The pcrecompile function in pcrecompile.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain [: nesting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8391

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"
}