CVE-2008-2371

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.

Desbordamiento de búfer basado en montículo en pcre_compile.c en la biblioteca Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) 7.7, permite a atacantes dependientes del contexto provocar una denegación de servicio (caída) o la posibilidad de ejecutar código de su elección a través de expresiones regulares que comienzan con un opción y contienen múltiples ramas.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-05-21 CVE Reserved
2008-07-07 CVE Published
2024-02-21 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (39)

URL	Tag	Source
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30916	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30944	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30945	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30958	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30961	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30967	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30972	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30990	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32454	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32746	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/39300	Not Applicable
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216	Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html	2022-08-01
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html	2022-08-01
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html	2022-08-01
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2	2022-08-01
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2	2022-08-01
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml	2022-08-01
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2	2022-08-01
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602	2022-08-01
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml	2022-08-01
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147	2022-08-01
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023	2022-08-01
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1	2022-08-01
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1	2022-08-01
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html	2022-08-01
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html	2022-08-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Pcre Search vendor "Pcre"		Pcre Search vendor "Pcre" for product "Pcre"				7.7 Search vendor "Pcre" for product "Pcre" and version "7.7"		-		Affected
Php Search vendor "Php"		Php Search vendor "Php" for product "Php"				>= 5.2.0 <= 5.2.7 Search vendor "Php" for product "Php" and version " >= 5.2.0 <= 5.2.7"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				4.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				6.06 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "6.06"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				7.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "7.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				7.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "7.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				8.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "8.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				9.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "9.10"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				8 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "8"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				9 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "9"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				10.3 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "10.3"		-		Affected