CVE-2007-1662

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 07 Nov 2007, 20:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 13:06

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
4.07% LOW
4% probability -1.32%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 Nov 2007, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 13:06
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 reads past the end of the string when searching for unmatched brackets and parentheses, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), possibly involving forward references.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 4.07%• Percentile: 89%

Affected Systems

  • pcre•pcre

    ≤ 7.3

References (42)