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CVE-2008-2371

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0673 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2371Important

pcre: heap overflow caused by incorrect option handling

Jun 26, 2008

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue Tracking
ftp.gnome.org / pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes
Third Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
Mailing List
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30916
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/30944
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/30945
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/30958
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/30961
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/30967
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/30972
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/30990
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/31200
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/32222
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/32454
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/32746
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/35074
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/35650
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/39300
Not Applicable
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT3216
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT3549
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-624-2
Third Party Advisory
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1602
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/30087
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/31681
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-624-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-628-1
Third Party Advisory
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2005
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2006
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2336
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2780
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1297
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0833
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory