Buffer overflow in PCRE before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a character class…

Description

Buffer overflow in PCRE before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a character class with a large number of characters with Unicode code points greater than 255.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.9% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (54)

• 29267 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1412 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20080523 rPSA-2008-0176-1 php php-cgi php-imap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mysqli php-pgsql php-soap php-xsl php5 php5-cgi php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-soap php5-xsl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-1533 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 28923 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29048 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200803-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• DSA-1499 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-07-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• GLSA-200811-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431660 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.14/glib-2.14.6.news (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 28957 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31681 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 36096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29009 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 29027 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29282 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2268 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 28960 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30345 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20080228 rPSA-2008-0086-1 pcre (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080502 CVE Request (PHP) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 28996 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-08-05-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 32222 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-1842 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0592 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• pcre-characterclass-bo(40505) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 29175 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1022674 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 28985 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31326 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27786 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://pcre.org/changelog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2780 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-1783 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• USN-581-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2223 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0570 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2172 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• TA09-218A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30048 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 07:54 UTC.