{"id":"CVE-2015-5073","details":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.","modified":"2026-02-04T08:33:03.626062Z","published":"2016-12-13T16:59:06Z","related":["MGASA-2015-0267","SUSE-SU-2016:2971-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3161-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033154"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"}]}