CVE-2007-1662

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    CVE-2007-1662

    Published: 7 Nov 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/27538, http://secunia.com/advisories/27543, http://secunia.com/advisories/27554, http://secunia.com/advisories/27697, http://secunia.com/advisories/27741, http://secunia.com/advisories/28136, http://secunia.com/advisories/28406, http://secunia.com/advisories/28414, http://secunia.com/advisories/28714, http://secunia.com/advisories/28720, http://secunia.com/advisories/29267, http://secunia.com/advisories/29420, http://secunia.com/advisories/30106, http://secunia.com/advisories/30155, http://secunia.com/advisories/30219, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html, http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html, http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38275, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738, https://usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High