Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 does not properly calculate the compiled memory allocation for regular expressions that involve a quantified "subpattern containing a named recursion or subroutine reference," which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (error or crash).
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2006-7203 | Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 does not properly calculate the compiled memory allocation for regular expressions that involve a quantified "subpattern containing a named recursion or subroutine reference," which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (error or crash). |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T20:57:40.671Z
Reserved: 2007-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2006-7226
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Status : Modified
Published: 2007-12-03T20:46:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2006-7226
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD