Is CVE-2008-2371 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2371 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2371?

CVE-2008-2371 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-2371

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 6.7%EU EUVD

Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 6.7% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-2366)
Published: July 7, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2366 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
opensuse / opensuse
pcre / pcre
php / php

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091(Exploit, Issue Tracking)
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30916(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30944(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30945(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30958(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30961(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30967(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30972(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30990(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32454(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32746(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39300(Not Applicable)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549(Third Party Advisory)
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2(Third Party Advisory)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)

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

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