CVE-2008-2371

Home/CVE/Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context

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Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context

Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.04128

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Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules2 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

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Affected Products & Versions

pcreall versions
php>= 5.2.0 and <= 5.2.7
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
opensuseall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

pocbugs.gentoo.org · show_bug.cgi?id=228091bugs.gentoo.org

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighPCRE.NET Package Temp Files

producthighPCRE.NET Package Image Load

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD07 Jul 2008 · 11:41 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10791-1
usnUSN-624-2
usnUSN-628-1
usnUSN-624-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changesThird Party Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.htmlMailing List

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlMailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/30916Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/30944Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/30945Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/30958Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/30961Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/30967Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/30972Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/30990Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/31200Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/32222Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/32454Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/32746Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/35074Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/35650Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/39300Not Applicable

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216Third Party Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549Third Party Advisory

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2Third Party Advisory

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602Third Party Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.htmlThird Party Advisory

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