Servers and applications
CVE-2015-2325
The compile_branch function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash), or possibly have other unspecified impact via a regular expression with a group containing a forward reference repeated a large number of times within a repeated outer group that has a zero minimum quantifier.
- Severity
- High 7.8
- Published
- 14 Jan 2020
- Last changed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 14 Oct 2026
- Fixed in
- 5.4.41, 5.5.26, 5.6.9, 10.0.18
- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
MariaDBServers and applications · cpe:a:mariadb:mariadb |
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PHPServers and applications · cpe:a:php:php |
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