Integer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that involves large (1) min, (2) max, or (3) duplength values that cause an incorrect length calculation and trigger a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-7227. NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.
CVE-2006-7228
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 88.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 14, 2007
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (100)
- secalert@redhathttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html
- secalert@redhathttp://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-006.html
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/27582
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/27741
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/27773
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/27776
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28027
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28041
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28050
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28406
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28414
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28658
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | php-0:4.1.2-2.20 | 2008-07-16 | redhat |
| redhat | python-0:1.5.2-43.72.2 | 2007-12-10 | redhat |
| redhat | python-0:2.3.4-14.4.el4_6.1 | 2007-12-10 | redhat |
| redhat | pcre-0:3.4-2.4 | 2007-11-29 | redhat |
| redhat | pcre-0:6.6-2.el5_1.7 | 2007-11-29 | redhat |
| redhat | pcre-0:3.9-10.4 | 2007-11-29 | redhat |
| redhat | pcre-0:4.5-4.el4_6.6 | 2007-11-29 | redhat |
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- Red HatRHSA-2007:1059IMPORTANT2007-11-07
RHSA-2007:1059 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2007:1063IMPORTANT2007-11-07
RHSA-2007:1063 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2007:1065IMPORTANT2007-11-07
RHSA-2007:1065 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2007:1068IMPORTANT2007-11-07
RHSA-2007:1068 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2007:1076IMPORTANT2007-11-07
RHSA-2007:1076 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2007:1077IMPORTANT2007-11-07
RHSA-2007:1077 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0546IMPORTANT2007-11-07
RHSA-2008:0546 — Important
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