CVE-2015-3210

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Publication date:

13/12/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?P=B)((?P=B)(?J:(?Pc)(?Pa(?P=B)))>WGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.80

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

7.50

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.34:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.35:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.36:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.37:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.34:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.35:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.36:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.37:::::::*

CVE-2015-3210

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools