CVE-2008-1026

N/A Unknown
Published: April 17, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Integer overflow in the PCRE regular expression compiler (JavaScriptCore/pcre/pcre_compile.cpp) in Apple WebKit, as used in Safari before 3.1.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with large, nested repetition counts, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Apr/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29846
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3815
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1467
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490990/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28815
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019870
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1250/references
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-022
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41859
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Apr/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29846
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3815
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1467
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490990/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28815
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019870
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1250/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-022
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41859
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.3%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

apple microsoft

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