{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3210","details":"Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?P=B)((?P=B)(?J:(?P\u003cB\u003ec)(?P\u003cB\u003ea(?P=B)))\u003eWGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.","modified":"2026-01-30T00:54:38.308880Z","published":"2015-06-01T00:00:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:12Z","related":["USN-2694-1","USN-2943-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-3210"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3210"},{"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-2015-3210"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pcre3","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3@1:8.31-2ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2"}]}],"versions":["1:8.31-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2","binary_name":"libpcre3"},{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2","binary_name":"libpcre3-dbg"},{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2","binary_name":"libpcre3-dev"},{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2","binary_name":"libpcre3-udeb"},{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2","binary_name":"libpcrecpp0"},{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2","binary_name":"pcregrep"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3210.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}