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CVE-2005-2491

Published: Aug 23, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2491
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Integer overflow in pcre_compile.c in Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) before 6.2, as used in multiple products such as Python, Ethereal, and PHP, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via quantifier values in regular expressions, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PcrePcre5.0 (including)5.0 (including)
PcrePcre6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
PcrePcre6.1 (including)6.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatpcre-0:3.9-10.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatpython-0:2.2.3-6.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatexim-0:4.43-1.RHEL4.5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatpcre-0:4.5-3.2.RHEL4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatpython-0:2.3.4-14.2*
Pcre3Ubuntudapper*
Pcre3Ubuntudevel*
Pcre3Ubuntuedgy*
Pcre3Ubuntufeisty*
Python2.2Ubuntudapper*
Python2.3Ubuntudapper*

References

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