# CVE-2015-2328: PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /((?(R)a|(?1)))+/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursion, which allows remote attackers to caus

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-12-02 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /((?(R)a|(?1)))+/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursion, 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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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74924
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-VD-15-014/
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17252
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1515
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup

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