CVE-2006-7226 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library prior to version 6.7, affecting products like Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The flaw stems from improper memory allocation calculations for specific complex regular expressions, allowing attackers to trigger errors or crashes. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), it requires medium attack complexity and results in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:as:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:es:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:ws:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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