CVE-2015-8385

CVE-2015-8385 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) versions prior to 8.38. Specifically, it affects how PCRE handles certain forward references within regular expressions, potentially leading to a denial of service or other unspecified impacts. This vulnerability impacts various products utilizing PCRE, including Oracle Linux and other systems using the PCRE library. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity. It is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and can result in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The underlying cause is a CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting it has not garnered significant attention from researchers or the public.