CVE-2006-7228
Integer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that involves large (1) min, (2) max, or (3) duplength values that cause an…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Integer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that involves large (1) min, (2) max, or (3) duplength values that cause an incorrect length calculation and trigger a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-7227. NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.66% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- pcre/pcre
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 3.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27582Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27741
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27773
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27776
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28027
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28050
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28406
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28414
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28720
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29085
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29785
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30155
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30219
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31124
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-10.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.