The pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T08:13:32.587Z
Reserved: 2015-12-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-8380

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2015-12-02T01:59:03.347
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-8380
