CVE catalog
CVE-2015-8381
pcre3: CVE-2015-8381
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 5.29% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pcre3 | bookworm | 2:8.39-15 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pcre3 | source | bookworm | 2:8.38-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [796762] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libpcre16-3]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcre3]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcre32-3]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcre3-dbg]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcre3-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcrecpp0v5]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [pcregrep]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:8.38-1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2016_2971-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8381]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8381]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8381]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2015/cve-2015-8381.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2015/wid-sec-w-2023-1392.json]
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