CVE-2015-5073 in PCRE
Summary
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.
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Reservation
06/26/2015
Disclosure
12/13/2016
Status
Confirmed
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VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94144 | PCRE pcre_compile.c find_fixedlength memory corruption | 119 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2015-5073 |