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CVE-2007-4767

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2007-11-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 does not properly compute the length of (1) a \p sequence, (2) a \P sequence, or (3) a \P{x} sequence, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or crash) or execute arbitrary code.

Affected Platforms

Pcre Pcre

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References