{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2325","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:22:40.441757Z","published":"2015-04-01T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2694-1","USN-2943-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-2325"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2325"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2694-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2325"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pcre3","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3@1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"}]}],"versions":["1:8.31-2","1:8.31-2ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1","binary_name":"libpcre3"},{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1","binary_name":"libpcre3-dev"},{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1","binary_name":"libpcrecpp0"},{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1","binary_name":"pcregrep"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2325.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}