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.
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Source | ID | Title |
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DSA-1399-1 | New pcre3 packages fix arbitrary code execution |
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DSA-1570-1 | New kazehakase packages fix execution of arbitrary code |
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EUVD-2007-1653 | 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. |
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USN-547-1 | PCRE vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T13:06:25.938Z
Reserved: 2007-03-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-1659

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2007-11-07T23:46:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2007-1659


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