Buffer overflow in PCRE before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…
Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.05914 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-0674
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8m98-qjh5-33jj
References
Advisory 13
Other 18
- ADV-2008-1412
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431660
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.14/glib-2.14.6.news
- ADV-2008-2268
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176
- [oss-security] 20080502 CVE Request (PHP)
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086
- ADV-2008-0592
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503
- http://pcre.org/changelog.txt
- ADV-2008-2780
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2223
- ADV-2008-0570
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- ADV-2009-2172
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086
More Pcre vulnerabilities
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- TI-2015-02839 Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-02677 The compile_branch function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-01176 The pcre_compile2 function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.38 mishandles the… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-06911 The pcre_compile function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain [… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-04255 Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2008-0674 · CVE Program
- CVE-2008-0674 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8m98-qjh5-33jj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2008-0674 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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