CVE-2007-1659
Published Nov 7, 2007
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via regex patterns containing unmatched "\Q\E" sequences with orphan "\E" codes.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.8
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-119
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "4523717D-521B-48D3-9664-07489B886917",
"versionEndIncluding": "7.3"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]