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CVE-2015-8383

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 6.08%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-12-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects Java. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2015-8383
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.08%
Java

Original NVD Description

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain repeated conditional groups, 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.