CVE-2008-2371

NameCVE-2008-2371
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1602-1, DTSA-145-1
Debian Bugs488919

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pcre3 (PTS)bullseye2:8.39-13fixed
bookworm2:8.39-15fixed
sid2:8.39-15.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pcre3sourceetch6.7+7.4-4DSA-1602-1
pcre3sourcelenny7.4-1+lenny2DTSA-145-1
pcre3source(unstable)7.6-2.1medium488919
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