Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 does not properly compute the length of (1) a \p sequence, (2) a \P sequence, or (3) a \P{x} sequence, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or crash) or execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
Covered by Rapid7
| 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 pcre3Upgrade glib2.0 | 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 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade pcre-64bitUpgrade pcre-develUpgrade pcreUpgrade pcre-32bit | Feb 17, 2015 | Nov 7, 2007 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libpcrecpp0Upgrade libpcre3 | Nov 8, 2024 | Nov 7, 2007 |
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