{"cve":"CVE-2015-2325","nvd":{"published":"2020-01-14T17:15:12.080","modified":"2026-06-17T00:23:55.657","status":"Modified","description":"The compile_branch function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash), or possibly have other unspecified impact via a regular expression with a group containing a forward reference repeated a large number of times within a repeated outer group that has a zero minimum quantifier.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-125","CWE-787"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html","https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1591","https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-015","https://www.pcre.org/original/changelog.txt","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html"],"products":["mariadb:mariadb","opensuse:opensuse","pcre:pcre","php:php"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:01:01.339895972+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-2325","score":0.01588,"percentile":0.75623,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}