PT-2008-1121 · Pcre · Pcre

Published 2008-02-18 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2008-0674

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PCRE versions prior to 7.6

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in PCRE, which can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This can be achieved through a regular expression containing a character class with a large number of characters with Unicode code points greater than 255. The vulnerability may lead to a breach of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information and can be exploited remotely.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.6, update to version 7.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of regular expressions with large character classes to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09625

CVE-2008-0674

DSA-1499-1

DTSA-115-1

Affected Products

Pcre

References · 65

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