CVE-2015-8387
7.3
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.4%
Description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles (?123) subroutine calls and related subroutine calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
How to fix CVE-2015-8387
To remediate CVE-2015-8387, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pcre3—upgrade to 2:8.38-1 or later
Is CVE-2015-8387 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2:8.38-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |