CVE-2015-8392

CVE-2015-8392 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) versions prior to 8.38, affecting products like Konqueror. It stems from improper handling of the "(?|" substring in regular expressions, leading to unintended recursion and buffer overflows. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity with a network-based attack vector and low complexity, potentially allowing for denial of service and possibly other impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.