DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2371

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2371

    Published: 7 Jul 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-2371

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2371

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pcre3

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.6-2.1

    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