CVE-2015-8380 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the pcre_exec function of PCRE before version 8.38, affecting products like Fedora. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other impacts through a crafted regular expression, such as a JavaScript RegExp object. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network attack vector, low access complexity, and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pcre:perl_compatible_regular_expression_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.