UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8389

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8389
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8389.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8389
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Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:18Z
Published
2015-12-01T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:18:23.239132Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?:|a|){100}x/ pattern and related patterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3@2:8.38-3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:8.38-3

Affected versions

2:8.*

2:8.35-7.1ubuntu1
2:8.38-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

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    "availability": "No subscription required",
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        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre16-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre16-3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre3-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre32-3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcre32-3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0v5",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpcrecpp0v5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:8.38-3"
        },
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            "binary_name": "pcregrep",
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        },
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}