CVE-2008-0171 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Boost regex library (Boost.Regex) versions 1.33 and 1.34. An attacker can trigger a crash by providing an invalid regular expression to the regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp component. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:boost:boost:1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:boost:boost:1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:boost:boost_regex_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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