CVE-2006-7230
EPSS 2.8%Published: 11/15/2007Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7230
Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate the amount of memory needed for a compiled regular expression pattern when the (1) -x or (2) -i UTF-8 options change within the pattern, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PCRE or glibc crash) via crafted regular expressions.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/pcre3from 0, < 7.0-1