CVE-2006-7228

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 14 Nov 2007, 21:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 20:57

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
6.8 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.16% LOW
2% probability -0.72%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 Nov 2007, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 20:57
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Integer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that involves large (1) min, (2) max, or (3) duplength values that cause an incorrect length calculation and trigger a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-7227. NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.16%• Percentile: 85%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-189•Numeric Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Affected Systems

  • pcre•pcre

    ≤ 6.6

References (50)