CVE-2008-0171
boost regular expression memory corruption flaws
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
2Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.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 (failed assertion and crash) via an invalid regular expression.
regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp en la librería de expresiones regulares (también conocido como Boost.Regex) de Boost 1.33 y 1.34 permite a atacantes remotos dependientes de contexto provocar una denegación de servicio (fallo de aserción y caída) mediante una expresión regular inválida.
The boost packages provide free, peer-reviewed, portable C++ source libraries with emphasis on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library. Invalid pointer dereference flaws were found in the way the Boost regular expression library processed certain, invalid expressions. An attacker able to make an application using the Boost library process a specially-crafted regular expression could cause that application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2008-01-09 CVE Reserved
- 2008-01-17 CVE Published
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-07 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CAPEC
References (23)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205955 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28511 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28527 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28545 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28705 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28860 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28943 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29323 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/48099 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0063 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488102/100/0/threaded | Mailing List | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27325 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0249 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2143 | X_refsource_confirm |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42674 | 2024-08-07 | |
| http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42745 | 2024-08-07 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Boost Search vendor "Boost" | Boost Search vendor "Boost" for product "Boost" | 1.33 Search vendor "Boost" for product "Boost" and version "1.33" | - |
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| Boost Search vendor "Boost" | Boost Search vendor "Boost" for product "Boost" | 1.34 Search vendor "Boost" for product "Boost" and version "1.34" | - |
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| Boost Search vendor "Boost" | Boost Regex Library Search vendor "Boost" for product "Boost Regex Library" | * | - |
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