Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via regex patterns containing unmatched "\Q\E" sequences with orphan "\E" codes.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Php | — | Apply OS X security update 2008-002 | Dec 16, 2011 | Nov 7, 2007 |
| Apple Osx Xquery | — | Apply OS X security update 2007-009 | Dec 16, 2011 | Nov 7, 2007 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade glib2.0Upgrade pcre3 | Jul 30, 2024 | Nov 7, 2007 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade pcreUpgrade pcre-utf8 | Dec 10, 2025 | Nov 6, 2007 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-libs/libpcre. | Oct 30, 2017 | Nov 7, 2007 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade pcreUpgrade pcre-devel | Oct 16, 2024 | Nov 7, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php4-calendarUpgrade pcreUpgrade php4-mcryptUpgrade php4-curlUpgrade php4-gmpUpgrade php4-mhashUpgrade php4-fastcgiUpgrade pcre-32bitUpgrade php4-gdUpgrade php4-imapUpgrade php4-zlibUpgrade apache-mod_php4Upgrade php4-ftpUpgrade php4-sysvsemUpgrade php4-unixODBCUpgrade mod_php4-apache2Upgrade php4-mcalUpgrade php4-gettextUpgrade php4-iconvUpgrade pcre-x86Upgrade php4-domxmlUpgrade apache2-mod_php4Upgrade php4-pgsqlUpgrade php4-mysqlUpgrade php4-sessionUpgrade php4-socketsUpgrade php4-dbaseUpgrade php4-wddxUpgrade php4-fileproUpgrade php4-dbaUpgrade php4-ctypeUpgrade php4-bcmathUpgrade glib2-devel-64bitUpgrade glib2-docUpgrade pcre-develUpgrade php4-bz2Upgrade php4-ypUpgrade php4-sysvshmUpgrade php4-qtdomUpgrade php4-recodeUpgrade php4-mime_magicUpgrade php4-ldapUpgrade php4-shmopUpgrade pcre-64bitUpgrade glib2-develUpgrade php4-pearUpgrade php4-swfUpgrade php4-snmpUpgrade glib2-64bitUpgrade php4-xsltUpgrade glib2-32bitUpgrade suse-releaseUpgrade mod_php4-coreUpgrade php4-readlineUpgrade php4-exifUpgrade php4-develUpgrade mod_php4-servletUpgrade glib2Upgrade php4-mbstring | Feb 17, 2015 | Nov 7, 2007 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libpcrecpp0Upgrade libpcre3 | Nov 8, 2024 | Nov 7, 2007 |
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