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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2006-7230 json

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate the amount of memory needed for a compiled regular…

published 2007-11-15 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-7207

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate the amount of memory needed for a compiled regular expression pattern when the (1) -x or (2) -i UTF-8 options change within the pattern, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PCRE or glibc crash) via crafted regular expressions.

Patch / fix

  • pcre3 Debian 12 7.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7230

  • pcre RHEL 4 4.5-4.el4_6.6
  • pcre RHEL 5 6.6-2.el5_1.7

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:1068RHSA-2007:1059

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-7230 updated

pcre miscalculation of memory requirements if options are changed during pattern compilation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) pcre 6.6-2.el5_1.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1059
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 pcre 4.5-4.el4_6.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1068
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) pcre 6.6-2.el5_1.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1059
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 pcre 4.5-4.el4_6.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1068
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) pcre 6.6-2.el5_1.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1059
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 pcre 4.5-4.el4_6.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 pcre 4.5-4.el4_6.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1068

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Exploit prediction

1.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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