CVE-2007-1660
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate sizes for unspecified "multiple forms of character class", which triggers a buffer overflow that allows
02 Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate sizes for unspecified "multiple forms of character class", which triggers a buffer overflow that allows
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
- 4.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.3% 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
- 2007-11-07 20:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 13:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-03-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- fc8bedef97e63f5d990b269faefc649735d94e4d99b100738d68283b1f24b43f
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com30219http://secunia.com/advisories/30219
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:212http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:212
- secunia.com27965http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
- secunia.com27776http://secunia.com/advisories/27776
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-547-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200711-30http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-4238http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
- www.securityfocus.com20071106 rPSA-2007-0231-1 pcrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0968http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0968.html
- www.us-cert.govTA07-352Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
- secunia.com27538http://secunia.com/advisories/27538
- www.securityfocus.com20071112 FLEA-2007-0064-1 pcrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com28136http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0546http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html
- secunia.com27862http://secunia.com/advisories/27862
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10562https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10562
- 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
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738
- secunia.com28658http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- secunia.com27773http://secunia.com/advisories/27773
- secunia.com27697http://secunia.com/advisories/27697
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compcre-character-class-dos(38273)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38273
- secunia.com28406http://secunia.com/advisories/28406
- secunia.com27554http://secunia.com/advisories/27554
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0924http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- www.securityfocus.com20080416 VMSA-2008-0007 Moderate Updated Service Console packages pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasushttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1065http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1065.html
- secunia.com31124http://secunia.com/advisories/31124
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:025http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
- secunia.com27547http://secunia.com/advisories/27547
- secunia.com27543http://secunia.com/advisories/27543
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-488.htm
- secunia.com29785http://secunia.com/advisories/29785
- mail.gnome.org[gtk-devel-list] 20071107 GLib 2.14.3http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html
- secunia.com29420http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2007-12-17http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200805-11http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-03-18http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:211http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1234http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1234/references
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:213http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:213
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- secunia.com27741http://secunia.com/advisories/27741
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3790http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790
- securitytracker.com1018895http://securitytracker.com/id?1018895
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3725http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2007:062http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- secunia.com30155http://secunia.com/advisories/30155
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1063http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1063.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0967http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0967.html
- secunia.com28720http://secunia.com/advisories/28720
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200801-02http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315881
- lists.vmware.com[Security-announce] 20080415 VMSA-2008-0007 Moderate Updated Service Console packages pcre, net-snmp, and OpenPegasushttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html
- secunia.com27598http://secunia.com/advisories/27598
- 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
- www.debian.orgDSA-1399http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399
- secunia.com28414http://secunia.com/advisories/28414
- www.securityfocus.com26346http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346
- secunia.com30106http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
- secunia.com28714http://secunia.com/advisories/28714
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- glib2.0 Fixed in 2.14.3-1
- pcre3 Fixed in 7.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- glib2.0 Fixed in 2.14.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- glib2.0 Fixed in 2.14.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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