Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 18, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-0674
CVE-2008-0674
Description
Buffer overflow in PCRE before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a character class with a large number of characters with Unicode code points greater than 255.
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References
54- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.14/glib-2.14.6.newsnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.htmlnvd
- pcre.org/changelog.txtnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28923nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28957nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28960nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28985nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28996nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29027nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29048nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29175nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29267nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29282nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30048nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30345nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31326nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32222nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32746nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/36096nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-24.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xmlnvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3216nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3757nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1499nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/02/2nvd
- www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488927/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492535/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27786nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29009nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0570nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0592nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1412nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40505nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2223nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/581-1/nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00371.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00632.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.htmlnvd
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