CVE-2007-1659 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library prior to version 7.3, affecting products that utilize this library. The vulnerability allows context-dependent attackers to crash applications and potentially execute arbitrary code through specially crafted regex patterns containing unmatched "\Q\E" sequences with orphan "\E" codes. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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