CVE-2015-8384
EPSS 1.2%
Description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?J)(?'d'(?'d'\g{d}))/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, a related issue to CVE-2015-8392 and CVE-2015-8395.
How to fix CVE-2015-8384
To remediate CVE-2015-8384, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pcre3—upgrade to 2:8.35-7.2 or later
Is CVE-2015-8384 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2:8.35-7.2