DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2491

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2491

    Published: 23 Aug 2005Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2005-2491

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in pcre_compile.c in Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) before 6.2, as used in multiple products such as Python, Ethereal, and PHP, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via quantifier values in regular expressions, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2491

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnumeric

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gnumeric?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.1-1

    Affected versions

    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