{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8381","details":"The compile_regex function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.2x mishandles the /(?J:(?|(:(?|(?'R')(\\k'R')|((?'R')))H'Rk'Rf)|s(?'R'))))/ and /(?J:(?|(:(?|(?'R')(\\z(?|(?'R')(\\k'R')|((?'R')))k'R')|((?'R')))H'Ak'Rf)|s(?'R')))/ patterns, and related patterns with certain group references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.","modified":"2026-09-01T16:04:04.637650014Z","published":"2015-12-02T01:59:04.520Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-8381"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8381"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pcre3","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:8.38-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8381.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}