Vulnerability Details CVE-2015-8391
The pcre_compile function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain [: nesting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.103
EPSS Ranking 92.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 9.0