7.5

CVE-2008-2371: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-2371DSA-1602-1DTSA-145-1
Published 07-07-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-2371 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 6.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.73%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 07-07-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.73% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
6.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.gentoo.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • pcre3< 7.6-2.1 | < 7.4-1+lenny2 | < 6.7+7.4-4
  • debian_linuxEOL4.0
Canonical1 product
Fedoraproject1 product
Opensuse1 product
Pcre1 product
Php1 product
  • php≥ 5.2.0, ≤ 5.2.7

6 vendors · 7 products

References

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