Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate the amount of memory needed for a compiled regular expression pattern when the (1) -x or (2) -i UTF-8 options change within the pattern, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PCRE or glibc crash) via crafted regular expressions.
Published: 2007-11-15
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 2.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1570-1 New kazehakase packages fix execution of arbitrary code
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-7207 Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate the amount of memory needed for a compiled regular expression pattern when the (1) -x or (2) -i UTF-8 options change within the pattern, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PCRE or glibc crash) via crafted regular expressions.
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Pcre Pcre
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:57:40.739Z

Reserved: 2007-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-7230

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-11-15T19:46:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-7230

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2007-11-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-7230 - Bugzilla

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