Modified
This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
Current Description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service 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-2015-8384 and CVE-2015-8392.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
12/01/2015
View Analysis Description
Analysis Description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service 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-2015-8384 and CVE-2015-8392.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
12/01/2015
Impact
CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
7.5 HIGH
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
(V2 legend)
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
Access Vector (AV):
Network
Access Complexity (AC):
Low
Authentication (AU):
None
Confidentiality (C):
Partial
Integrity (I):
Partial
Availability (A):
Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service
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Change History
6 change records found
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CVE Modified by MITRE -
1/4/2018 9:30:20 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
6/30/2017 9:29:26 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 [No Types Assigned] |
Modified Analysis -
12/29/2016 9:27:58 AM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup No Types Assigned |
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup Release Notes |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 No Types Assigned |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 No Types Assigned |
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 Third Party Advisory |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
12/27/2016 9:59:23 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 [No Types Assigned] |
Modified Analysis -
12/2/2015 11:35:51 AM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
CPE Configuration |
|
Configuration 1
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:pcre:perl_compatible_regular_expression_library:8.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) |
| Added |
CVSS V2 |
|
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) |
| Added |
CWE |
|
CWE-119 |
Initial CVE Analysis -
12/2/2015 11:33:54 AM