CVE-2006-7230: pcre Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-7230 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in pcre. EPSS estimates a 1.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 15-11-2007PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate the amount of memory needed for a compiled regular expression pattern when the (1) -x or (2) -i UTF-8 options change within the pattern, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PCRE or glibc crash) via crafted regular expressions.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.67%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
77%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.67% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- pcre3< 7.0-1
Pcre1 product
- pcre≤ 6.9
2 vendors · 2 products
References
29 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=384801X Refsource MISC
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htmX Refsource CONFIRM
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- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10911VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- www.pcre.org/changelog.txtX Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976X Refsource MISC