CVE-2005-2491
N/A
Published: August 22, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPcre
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Integer overflow in pcre_compile.c in Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) before 6.2, as used in multiple products such as Python, Ethereal, and PHP, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via quantifier values in regular expressions, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.10/SCOSA-2006.10.txt
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00786522
- http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
References (67)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SCO
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.10/SCOSA-2006.10.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-UVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00786522Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKG
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112606064317223&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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