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CVE-2007-4768 Detail

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a singleton Unicode sequence in a character class in a regex pattern, which is incorrectly optimized.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976 CVE, MITRE
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 CVE, MITRE
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00007.html CVE, MITRE
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27538 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27543 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27554 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27697 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27741 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28157 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28161 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28213 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28406 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28414 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28570 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28714 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28720 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29267 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30106 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30155 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30219 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30507 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30840 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019116 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238305-1 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-20.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-07.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1126.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-355A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4258 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1724/references CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38278 CVE, MITRE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9701 CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/ CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4768
NVD Published Date:
11/07/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE