CVE-2006-7225 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library, versions prior to 6.7, affecting products like Perl and PCRE itself. Attackers can trigger an error or crash by providing a malformed POSIX character class within a regular expression, specifically an invalid character following a [[ sequence. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial availability impact, with no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.91CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:pcre:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.92CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:pcre:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.93CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:pcre:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:pcre:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.95CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:pcre:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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