Fluid Attacks Database

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 11	glib2.0	>=0 <2.14.3-1	2.14.3-1
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	pcre3	>=0 <7.3-1	7.3-1
debian 12	pcre3	>=0 <7.3-1	7.3-1
debian 12	glib2.0	>=0 <2.14.3-1	2.14.3-1
rpm rhel5	pcre	<0:6.6-2.el5_0.1	0:6.6-2.el5_0.1

Aliases

1. CVE-2007-16592. NVD-2007-16593. OSV-DEBIAN-2007-16594. OSV-2007-16595. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2007-1659

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