CVE-2015-8395 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted regular expressions in PCRE, affecting applications like Konqueror.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-8395?
CVE-2015-8395 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, a related issue to CVE-2015-8384 and CVE-2015-8392.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8395?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pcre Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8395?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-8395 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8395 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8395, GHSA-vpj5-f38f-q927.