CVE-2015-8391 (GCVE-0-2015-8391)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-12-02 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:13
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Summary
The pcre_compile function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain [: nesting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
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