Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2006-7230
CVE-2006-7230
Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate the amount of memory needed for a compiled regular expression pattern when the (1) -x or (2) -i UTF-8 options change within the pattern, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PCRE or glibc crash) via crafted regular expressions.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
28- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
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- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26550nvd
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