Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate sizes for unspecified "multiple forms of character class", which triggers a buffer overflow that allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-1399-1 | New pcre3 packages fix arbitrary code execution |
Debian DSA |
DSA-1570-1 | New kazehakase packages fix execution of arbitrary code |
EUVD |
EUVD-2007-1654 | Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate sizes for unspecified "multiple forms of character class", which triggers a buffer overflow that allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-547-1 | PCRE vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T13:06:25.957Z
Reserved: 2007-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2007-1660
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Status : Modified
Published: 2007-11-07T23:46:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2007-1660
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN