CVE-2005-4872

pcre incorrect memory requirement computation

Published Nov 14, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.2 does not properly count the number of named capturing subpatterns, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a regular expression with a large number of named subpatterns, which triggers a buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-4863 Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.2 does not properly count the number of named capturing subpatterns, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a regular expression with a large number of named subpatterns, which triggers a buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 12:01 AM
Reserved
Nov 14, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 31, 2005, 5:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:19 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Nov 7, 2007, 12:00 AM