CVE-2006-7227
Integer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a large number of named subpatterns (name_count) or long subpattern names (max_name_size), which triggers a buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 3.5% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-7204)
- Published
- November 14, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-7204 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pcre / pcre
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27582(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27741
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27773
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28406
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28414
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28720
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30155
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30219
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-493.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
- http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1052.html(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26462
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10408
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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