{"id":"UBUNTU-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":"2026-02-04T03:40:57.522847Z","published":"2015-06-26T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2694-1","USN-2943-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-5073"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5073"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1"},{"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-2015-5073"}],"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":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"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","binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5073.json"}}],"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"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}