CVE-2008-1026

Published Apr 17, 2008

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description
Integer overflow in the PCRE regular expression compiler (JavaScriptCore/pcre/pcre_compile.cpp) in Apple WebKit, as used in Safari before 3.1.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with large, nested repetition counts, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

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

Vendor comments

  • Red HatNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of pcre as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

Configurations