CVE-2006-7230
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate the amount of memory needed for a compiled regular expression pattern when the (1) -x or (2) -i UTF-8 options
02 Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate the amount of memory needed for a compiled regular expression pattern when the (1) -x or (2) -i UTF-8 options
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
- 1.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.2% 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
- 2007-11-15 19:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-11-15
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 864c5776d961bd61839e2bbf6e29c319848e4c453bff302ef179706c34acaf96
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com30219http://secunia.com/advisories/30219
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384801
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200711-30http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:030http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
- www.debian.orgDSA-1570http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570
- 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
- secunia.com28406http://secunia.com/advisories/28406
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1068http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200805-11http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10911https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10911
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1059http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1059.html
- www.securityfocus.com26550http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26550
- secunia.com28041http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
- secunia.com27741http://secunia.com/advisories/27741
- 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.com30155http://secunia.com/advisories/30155
- secunia.com28720http://secunia.com/advisories/28720
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200801-02http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200801-19http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200801-18http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
- secunia.com28414http://secunia.com/advisories/28414
- secunia.com30106http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
- secunia.com28714http://secunia.com/advisories/28714
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pcre3 Fixed in 7.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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