{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8382","details":"The match function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.37 mishandles the /(?:((abcd))|(((?:(?:(?:(?:abc|(?:abcdef))))b)abcdefghi)abc)|((*ACCEPT)))/ pattern and related patterns involving (*ACCEPT), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (partially initialized memory and application crash) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-2547.","modified":"2026-04-22T10:20:03.178093Z","published":"2015-12-01T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2943-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8382"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8382"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2943-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8382"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pcre3","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3@1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2"}]}],"versions":["1:8.31-2","1:8.31-2ubuntu2","1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2","binary_name":"libpcre3"},{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2","binary_name":"libpcrecpp0"},{"binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2","binary_name":"pcregrep"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8382.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}