CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-0171

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2008-01-17 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-01-17
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp in the Boost regex library (aka Boost.Regex) in Boost 1.33 and 1.34 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion and crash) via an invalid regular expression.

Affected configurations

• boost boost 1.33 • boost boost 1.34 • boost boost regex library

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References