CVE-2007-1660 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library prior to version 7.0, impacting applications utilizing this library. The flaw stems from improper size calculations for character classes, which can be triggered by context-dependent attackers. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this medium-complexity vulnerability allows for denial of service and potentially arbitrary code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.9CPE 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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