CVE-2008-0674

N/A Unknown
Published: February 18, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Buffer overflow in PCRE before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a character class with a large number of characters with Unicode code points greater than 255.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://pcre.org/changelog.txt
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28923
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28957
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28960
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28985
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28996
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29027
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29175
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29267
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29282
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30048
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30345
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/31326
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27786
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29009
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
US Government Resource
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2223
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/581-1/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.14/glib-2.14.6.news
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://pcre.org/changelog.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28923
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28957
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28960
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28985
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28996
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29027
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29175
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29267
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29282
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30048
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30345
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31326
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-24.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1499
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:053
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/02/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488927/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492535/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27786
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29009
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022674
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0570
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0592
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1412
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431660
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40505
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2223
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/581-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

108 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.9%
92th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

pcre