# CVE-2008-0674: Buffer overflow in PCRE before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a character class w

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-02-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in PCRE before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a character class with a large number of characters with Unicode code points greater than 255.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/29267
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1412
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492535/100/0/threaded
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00371.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28923
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-24.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1499
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431660
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.14/glib-2.14.6.news
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28957
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29009
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29027
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29282
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28960
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30345
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488927/100/0/threaded
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176

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