CVE-2005-4872
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.2 does not properly count the number of named capturing subpatterns, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service
02 Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.2 does not properly count the number of named capturing subpatterns, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-11-14 21:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-11-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c3f41c19c650e52d422766f878a3538139edea8af9261ff9cdbeb861d60b78b6
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-493.htm
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:030http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:004http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- secunia.com28658http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- secunia.com27773http://secunia.com/advisories/27773
- www.securityfocus.com26462http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26462
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1052http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1052.html
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2007:062http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
- www.pcre.orghttp://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
- secunia.com27869http://secunia.com/advisories/27869
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11615https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11615
- secunia.com27582http://secunia.com/advisories/27582
- scary.beasts.orghttp://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-006.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pcre3 Fixed in 6.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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