cve/2015/CVE-2015-5073.md

### [CVE-2015-5073](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5073)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/RedHatSatellite/satellite-host-cve