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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-0674 · published 18 February 2008

CVE-2008-0674: Pcre memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Pcre · Pcre

Buffer overflow in PCRE before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a character class with a large number of characters with Unicode code points greater than 255.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.9% · top 7.0% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
5.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
108References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in PCRE before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a character class with a large number of characters with Unicode code points greater than 255.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.14/glib-2.14.6.news
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
http://pcre.org/changelog.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/28923
http://secunia.com/advisories/28957
http://secunia.com/advisories/28960
http://secunia.com/advisories/28985
http://secunia.com/advisories/28996
http://secunia.com/advisories/29027
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
http://secunia.com/advisories/29175
http://secunia.com/advisories/29267
http://secunia.com/advisories/29282
http://secunia.com/advisories/30048
http://secunia.com/advisories/30345
http://secunia.com/advisories/31326
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-24.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1499
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:053
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/02/2
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488927/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492535/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27786
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29009
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022674
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html US Government Resource

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-0674), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.