CVE-2015-5073
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.64%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.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.
How to fix CVE-2015-5073
To remediate CVE-2015-5073, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pcre3—upgrade to 2:8.35-7 or later
Is CVE-2015-5073 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2:8.35-7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |