Vulnerability CVE-2015-3210
Published: 2016-12-13

Description:
Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?P=B)((?P=B)(?J:(?P<B>c)(?P<B>a(?P=B)))>WGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
PCRE Library Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Wen Guanxing
03.06.2015

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
PCRE -> PCRE 
PCRE -> Pcre2 

 References:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/01/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74934
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636
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