CVE-2015-2327 (GCVE-0-2015-2327)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-12-02 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:10
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Summary
PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /(((a\2)|(a*)\g<-1>))*/ pattern and related patterns with certain internal recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
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CWE
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2015-11-23 00:00
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