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CVE-2007-1661

Published: Nov 07, 2007 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1661
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 backtracks too far when matching certain input bytes against some regex patterns in non-UTF-8 mode, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated by the X?d and P{L}?d patterns.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Perl-compatible_regular_expression_libraryPcre*7.2 (including)
Perl-compatible_regular_expression_libraryPcre7.0 (including)7.0 (including)
Perl-compatible_regular_expression_libraryPcre7.1 (including)7.1 (including)
Pcre3Ubuntudapper*
Pcre3Ubuntuedgy*
Pcre3Ubuntufeisty*
Pcre3Ubuntugutsy*
Pcre3Ubuntuupstream*

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