Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-4767
CVE-2007-4767
Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 does not properly compute the length of (1) a \p sequence, (2) a \P sequence, or (3) a \P{x} sequence, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or crash) or execute arbitrary code.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
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