CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-1659
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-11-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• pcre pcre (<= 7.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 docs.info.apple.com
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 docs.info.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html mail.gnome.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27538 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27543 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27547 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27554 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27598 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27697 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27741 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27773 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28041 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28406 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28414 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28714 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28720 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29267 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30106 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30155 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30219 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018895 securitytracker.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399 www.debian.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:212 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html www.novell.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html www.novell.com
- http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt www.pcre.org
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0967.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346 Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38272 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738 issues.rpath.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9725 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.html www.redhat.com
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 docs.info.apple.com
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 docs.info.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html mail.gnome.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27538 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27543 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27547 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27554 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27598 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27697 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27741 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27773 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28041 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28406 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28414 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28714 Vendor Advisory