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CVE-2007-1662

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 reads past the end of the string when searching for unmatched brackets and pare

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Summary

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.

Timeline

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Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 25

secunia.com

usn.ubuntu.com

security.gentoo.org

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

vupen.com

securityfocus.com

us-cert.gov

debian.org

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mail.gnome.org

lists.apple.com

mandriva.com

redhat.com