CVE-2008-0172 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Boost regex library (Boost.Regex) versions 1.33 and 1.34, affecting products like Boost and Ubuntu Linux. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by providing an invalid regular expression, leading to a NULL dereference and application crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring low attack complexity but only resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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