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CVE-2015-2305

Integer overflow in the regcomp implementation in the Henry Spencer BSD regex library (aka rxspencer) alpha3.8.g5 on 32-

Integer overflow in the regcomp implementation in the Henry Spencer BSD regex library (aka rxspencer) alpha3.8.g5 on 32-bit platforms, as used in NetBSD through 6.1.5 and other products, might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large regular expression that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.22421
Schedule remediation
  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

Weakness Classification

Affected Products & Versions

7
debian linuxall versions
opensuseall versions
php>= 5.4.0 and < 5.4.39
php>= 5.5.0 and < 5.5.23
php>= 5.6.0 and < 5.6.7

Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD30 Mar 2015 · 10:59 AM

Vendor Advisories

20
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10290-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10344-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10571-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1638-1
rhsaRHSA-2015:1066Moderate
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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