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CVE-2007-1659

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2007-11-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Pcre Pcre

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References