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).
Published: 2007-12-03
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD 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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Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop
cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-12-03T20:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-7226

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2007-11-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-7226 - Bugzilla

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