{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8388","details":"PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?=di(?\u003c=(?1))|(?=(.))))/ pattern and related patterns with an unmatched closing parenthesis, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:28:34.414638Z","published":"2015-12-01T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2943-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8388"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8388"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1"},{"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-2015-8388"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pcre3","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pcre3@1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"}]}],"versions":["1:8.31-2","1:8.31-2ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libpcre3","binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"libpcre3-dev","binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"libpcrecpp0","binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"pcregrep","binary_version":"1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8388.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}