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CVE-2015-5073
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-12-13T16:59:06.097 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:28:24.197

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.

Affected products

ibm — powerkvm

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References

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