Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 14, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-7227
CVE-2006-7227
Description
Integer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a large number of named subpatterns (name_count) or long subpattern names (max_name_size), which triggers a buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.
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Affected products
2- Range: <6.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
28- secunia.com/advisories/27582nvdPatch
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1052.htmlnvdPatch
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- secunia.com/advisories/27773nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27869nvd
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- secunia.com/advisories/28414nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28658nvd
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- secunia.com/advisories/28720nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30106nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30155nvd
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- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xmlnvd
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- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xmlnvd
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- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-493.htmnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570nvd
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- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.htmlnvd
- www.pcre.org/changelog.txtnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26462nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10408nvd
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