CVE-2007-1659

PCRE < 7.3 - Denial of Service and Possible Remote Code Execution via Unmatched \Q\E Sequences

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (58)

Core 58
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30219
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:212
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29267
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27538
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27773
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27697
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28406
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27554
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27547
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27543
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38272
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28041
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27741
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018895
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30155
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0967.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28720
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9725
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27598
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28414
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28714

Scores

EPSS 0.0353
EPSS Percentile 87.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
pcre/pcre < 7.3
Published Nov 07, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026