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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5073
Reference (s):
- BID:75430
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430
- 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