Description
Integer overflow in the PCRE regular expression compiler (JavaScriptCore/pcre/pcre_compile.cpp) in Apple WebKit, as used in Safari before 3.1.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with large, nested repetition counts, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published: 2008-04-17
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 4.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-1037 Integer overflow in the PCRE regular expression compiler (JavaScriptCore/pcre/pcre_compile.cpp) in Apple WebKit, as used in Safari before 3.1.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with large, nested repetition counts, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
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Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server Safari
Microsoft Windows Vista Windows Xp
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:08:57.497Z

Reserved: 2008-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1026

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-04-17T19:05:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2008-1026

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-1026 - Bugzilla

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