CVE-2008-0172

Boost 1.33-1.34 - Denial of Service via Invalid Regular Expression

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The get_repeat_type function in basic_regex_creator.hpp in the Boost regex library (aka Boost.Regex) in Boost 1.33 and 1.34 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and crash) via an invalid regular expression.

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28860
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42745
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42674
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2143
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488102/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28705
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28545
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-08.xml
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28527
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0063
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48099
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0249
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27325
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28943
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28511
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-570-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29323
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205955
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:032

Scores

EPSS 0.0196
EPSS Percentile 78.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
boost/boost 1.33
boost/boost 1.34
Published Jan 17, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026