Vulnerability in Pcre
CVE-2005-2491
Integer overflow in pcre_compile.c in Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) before 6.2, as used in multiple products such as Python, Ethereal, and PHP, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via quantifier values in regular expressions, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.043 (90.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Pcre — versions 5.0, 6.0, 6.1
References
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-216.pdf
- secunia.com/advisories/22691 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17813 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4502 (vdb-entry)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-08.xml (vendor-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-081.htm
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14620 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427046/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)