Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 backtracks too far when matching certain input bytes against some regex patterns in non-UTF-8 mode, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated by the "\X?\d" and "\P{L}?\d" patterns.
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Information
Published : 2007-11-07 15:46
Updated : 2018-10-16 09:39
NVD link : CVE-2007-1661
Mitre link : CVE-2007-1661
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CWE
Products Affected
apple
- mac_os_x
- mac_os_x_server
pcre
- perl-compatible_regular_expression_library