Buffer overflow in Ibm Powerkvm
CVE-2015-3217
PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\\…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.009 (75.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Ibm Powerkvm — versions 2.1, 3.1
- Pcre — versions 7.8, 8.32, 8.33
- Pcre Pcre2 — versions 10.10
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- RHSA-2016:1132 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- [oss-security] 20150603 CVE-2015-3217: PCRE Library Call Stack Overflow Vulnerability in match() (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- RHSA-2016:1025 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- RHSA-2016:2750 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- 75018 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-3217?
- CVE-2015-3217 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Powerkvm, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-12-13.
- How severe is CVE-2015-3217?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-3217 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.