VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-1659
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via regex patterns containing unmatched "\Q\E" sequences with orphan "\E" codes.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 3.53%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via regex patterns containing unmatched "\Q\E" sequences with orphan "\E" codes.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.53% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- pcre/pcre
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27538Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27543Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27547Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27554Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27598Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27697Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27741Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27773Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27965Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28041Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28406Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28414Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28714Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28720Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29267Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30155Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30219
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.