Vulnerability in Pcre

CVE-2006-7230

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.

EPSS: 0.017 (74.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Pcre
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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