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CVE-2008-1026

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2008-04-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the PCRE regular expression compiler (JavaScriptCore/pcre/pcre_compile.cpp) in Apple WebKit, as used in Safari before 3.1.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with large, nested repetition counts, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected Platforms

Apple SafariMicrosoft Windows XpApple Mac Os XMicrosoft Windows VistaApple Mac Os X Server

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References