{"cve":"CVE-2015-5073","nvd":{"published":"2016-12-13T16:59:06.097","modified":"2026-06-17T00:28:24.197","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":9.1},"cwes":["CWE-119","CWE-200"],"references":["http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html","http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup","http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571","http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886"],"products":["ibm:powerkvm","pcre:pcre"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:41:25.729257544+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-5073","score":0.07673,"percentile":0.94589,"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."]}