PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the interaction of lookbehind assertions and mutually recursive subpatterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F5 Big Ip | f5-bigip-upgrade-latest | Jun 17, 2026 | Feb 4, 2016 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-php55freebsd-upgrade-package-php55-pharfreebsd-upgrade-package-php55-wddxfreebsd-upgrade-package-php56freebsd-upgrade-package-php56-pharfreebsd-upgrade-package-php56-wddx | Dec 10, 2025 | Feb 9, 2016 |
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