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-2016-1283
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
7.79%
Java
Original NVD Description
The pcre_compile2 function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.38 mishandles the /((?:F?+(?:^(?(R)a+\"){99}-))(?J)(?'R'(?'R'<((?'RR'(?'R'\){97)?J)?J)(?'R'(?'R'\){99|(:(?|(?'R')(\k'R')|((?'R')))H'R'R)(H'R))))))/ pattern and related patterns with named subgroups, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.