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CVE-2015-2325

The compile_branch function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap rea…

Impact

The compile_branch function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash), or possibly have other unspecified impact via a regular expression with a group containing a forward reference repeated a large number of times within a repeated outer group that has a zero minimum quantifier.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
PcrePcre
before 8.37
OpensuseOpensuse
Versions 13.1, 13.2
MariadbMariadb
before 10.0.18
PhpPhp
from 5.4.0 before 5.4.41
from 5.5.0 before 5.5.26
from 5.6.0 before 5.6.9

Weakness classification

References