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CVE-2015-2326

The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile...

5.5 MediumFix available

The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via regular expression with a group containing both a forward referencing subroutine call and a recursive back reference, as demonstrated by "((?+1)(\1))/".

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.59%Up 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via regular expression with a group containing both a forward referencing subroutine call and a recursive back reference, as demonstrated by "((?+1)(\1))/".

Record
CVE-2015-2326
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via regular expression with a group containing both a forward referencing subroutine call and a recursive back reference, as demonstrated by "((?+1)(\1))/".

Record
CVE-2015-2326
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-2419 No score

The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via regular expression with a group containing both a forward referencing subroutine call and a recursive back reference, as demonstrated by "((?+1)(\1))/".

Record
EUVD-2015-2419
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m793-2mj8-wj8q 5.5

The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile...

The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via regular expression with a group containing both a forward referencing subroutine call and a recursive back reference, as demonstrated by "((?+1)(\1))/".

Record
GHSA-m793-2mj8-wj8q
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via regular expression with a group containing both a forward referencing subroutine call and a recursive back reference, as demonstrated by "((?+1)(\1))/".

Record
CVE-2015-2326
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-2326 5.5

The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via regular expression with a group containing both a forward referencing subroutine call and a recursive back reference, as demonstrated by "((?+1)(\1))/".

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2326
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2016:2750 8.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-php56 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2016:2750
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-2326 5.5

The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via regular expression with a group containing both a forward referencing subroutine call and a recursive back reference, as demonstrated by "((?+1)(\1))/".

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2326
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10277-1 No score

libpcre1-32bit-8.39-2.5 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libpcre1-32bit-8.39-2.5 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10277-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10290-1 No score

apache2-mod_php7-7.0.14-1.4 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the apache2-mod_php7-7.0.14-1.4 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10290-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10344-1 No score

apache2-mod_php5-5.6.28-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the apache2-mod_php5-5.6.28-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10344-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10447-1 No score

libpcre2-16-0-10.22-1.3 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libpcre2-16-0-10.22-1.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10447-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1273-1 No score

Security update for mariadb

  This update fixes the following security issues:
* Logjam attack: mysql uses 512 bit dh groups in SSL [bnc#934789]
* CVE-2015-3152: mysql --ssl does not enforce SSL [bnc#924663]
* CVE-2014-8964: heap buffer overflow [bnc#906574]
* CVE-2015-2325: heap buffer overflow in compile_branch() [bnc#924960]
* CVE-2015-2326: heap buffer overflow in pcre_compile2() [bnc#924961]
* CVE-2015-0501: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:Compiling (CPU April 2015) 
* CVE-2015-2571: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:Optimizer (CPU April 2015)
* CVE-2015-0505: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:DDL (CPU April 2015) 
* CVE-2015-0499: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:Federated (CPU April 2015) 
* CVE-2015-2568: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:Security:Privileges (CPU April 2015) 
* CVE-2015-2573: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:DDL (CPU April 2015)
* CVE-2015-0433: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:InnoDB:DML (CPU April 2015) 
* CVE-2015-0441: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:Security:Encryption (CPU April 2015) 
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:1273-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2694-1 No score

pcre3 vulnerabilities

Michele Spagnuolo discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-8964)

Kai Lu discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-2325, CVE-2015-2326)

Wen Guanxing discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-3210)

It was discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-5073)

Record
USN-2694-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2943-1 No score

pcre3 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Record
USN-2943-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
pcre3
Debian:12
before 2:8.35-7.2
2:8.35-7.2
rh-php56
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:2.3-1.el6
0:2.3-1.el6
rh-php56-php
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-bcmath
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-cli
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-common
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-dba
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-dbg
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-devel
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
rh-php56-php-embedded
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-enchant
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-fpm
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-gd
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-gmp
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-imap
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-intl
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-ldap
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-mbstring
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-mysqlnd
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-odbc
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-opcache
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-pdo
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-pear
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 1:1.9.5-4.el6
1:1.9.5-4.el6
rh-php56-php-pgsql
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-process
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-pspell
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-recode
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-snmp
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-soap
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-tidy
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-xml
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-php-xmlrpc
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:5.6.25-1.el6
0:5.6.25-1.el6
rh-php56-runtime
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:2.3-1.el6
0:2.3-1.el6
rh-php56-scldevel
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6
before 0:2.3-1.el6
0:2.3-1.el6
rh-php56
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:2.3-1.el7
0:2.3-1.el7
rh-php56-php
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-bcmath
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-cli
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-common
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-dba
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-dbg
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-devel
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-embedded
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-enchant
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-fpm
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-gd
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-gmp
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-intl
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-ldap
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-mbstring
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-mysqlnd
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-odbc
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-opcache
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-pdo
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-pear
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 1:1.9.5-4.el7
1:1.9.5-4.el7
rh-php56-php-pgsql
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-process
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-pspell
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-recode
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-snmp
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-soap
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-xml
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-php-xmlrpc
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:5.6.25-1.el7
0:5.6.25-1.el7
rh-php56-runtime
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:2.3-1.el7
0:2.3-1.el7
rh-php56-scldevel
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7
before 0:2.3-1.el7
0:2.3-1.el7
mariadb
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
before 10.0.20-18.1
10.0.20-18.1
mariadb
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
before 10.0.20-18.1
10.0.20-18.1
mariadb
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12
before 10.0.20-18.1
10.0.20-18.1
mariadb
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
before 10.0.20-18.1
10.0.20-18.1
mariadb
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
before 10.0.20-18.1
10.0.20-18.1
pcre3
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1, plus listed versions
1:8.31-21:8.31-2ubuntu2
1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1
pcre3
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2, plus listed versions
1:8.31-21:8.31-2ubuntu21:8.31-2ubuntu2.1
1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2
php7
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 7.0.14-1.4
7.0.14-1.4
php5
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 5.6.28-1.1
5.6.28-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-2326 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Pcre, published April 1, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.59%, the 75th percentile. Fixed in pcre3 2:8.35-7.2.

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