Fluid Attacks Database

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 12	glib2.0	>=0 <2.14.3-1	2.14.3-1
debian 12	pcre3	>=0 <7.3-1	7.3-1
debian 14	glib2.0	>=0 <2.14.3-1	2.14.3-1
debian 13	glib2.0	>=0 <2.14.3-1	2.14.3-1
debian 11	glib2.0	>=0 <2.14.3-1	2.14.3-1
debian 11	pcre3	>=0 <7.3-1	7.3-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2007-47672. NVD-2007-47673. OSV-DEBIAN-2007-47674. OSV-2007-47675. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2007-4767

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