Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-1659
CVE-2007-1659
Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via regex patterns containing unmatched "\Q\E" sequences with orphan "\E" codes.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
58- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/27538nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27543nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27547nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27554nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27598nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27697nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27741nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27773nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27965nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28041nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28136nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28406nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28414nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28658nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28714nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28720nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29267nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29420nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30155nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.htmlnvd
- mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30106nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30219nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htmnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.htmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.htmlnvd
- www.pcre.org/changelog.txtnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0967.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threadednvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/referencesnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38272nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9725nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.htmlnvd
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