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CVE-2006-7230

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2007-11-15 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Pcre Pcre

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References