CVE-2007-1659
N/A
Published: November 7, 2007 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPcre
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (58)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/27538Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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