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CVE-2015-3217

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 6.17%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-12-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2015-3217
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.17%

Original Filing — NVD Description

PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\\.|([^\\\\W_])?)+)+$/.