CVE-2008-2371

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- 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