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CVE-2006-7225

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (error or crash) via a regular expression that involves a "malformed POSIX character class", as demonstrated via an invalid character after a [[ sequence.

Key facts

CVSS score
4.3 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20
EPSS score
1.6% (76th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2006-7202)
Published
December 3, 2007
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-7202 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • perl / pcre
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and 2 more…

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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