CVE-2008-0171
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.7%EU EUVD
regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp in the Boost regex library (aka Boost.Regex) in Boost 1.33 and 1.34 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion and crash) via an invalid regular expression.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0183)
- Published
- January 17, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0183 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- boost / boost
- boost / boost
- boost / boost regex library
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205955
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28511
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28527
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28545
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28705
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28860
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28943
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29323
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48099
- http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42674(Exploit)
- http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42745(Exploit)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0063
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-08.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:032
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27325
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-570-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0249
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2143
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00760.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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