CVE-2008-2371 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library, version 7.7, affecting products like Debian, Fedora, and PHP. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to denial of service or arbitrary code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.2.0, <= 5.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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