Unscored severity · published Jul 7, 2008
CVE-2008-2371
Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)…
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CVSS
6.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.7% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
5.2.0 through 5.2.7 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
4.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
8; 9 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
10.3 · source: NVD
PC
Pcre · Pcre
7.7 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
6.06; 7.04; 7.10; 8.04; 9.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2371
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2371
Exploit
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091
Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
Issue Tracking
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
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