MEDIUMCVSS 6.8

CVE-2015-2305

CVE-2015-2305 updated by NVD

Modified: 2026-09-20
Sources: nvd

Summary

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.

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected versions	Fixed versions
PHP	php	[object Object], [object Object], [object Object]	—

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2305

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