CVE-2007-4766: pcre Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2007-4766 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in pcre. EPSS estimates a 4.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 07-11-2007PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Multiple integer overflows in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via unspecified escape (backslash) sequences.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.16%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 4.16% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not 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.
Debian2 products
- glib2.0< 2.14.3-1
- pcre3< 7.3-1
Pcre1 product
- pcre≤ 7.3
2 vendors · 3 products
References
45 links- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
Show all 45 references
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.pcre.org/changelog.txtX Refsource CONFIRM
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976X Refsource MISC