CVE-2006-7225
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2006-7225 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2007-12-03 20:46:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (error or crash) via a regular expression that involves a "malformed POSIX character class", as demonstrated via an invalid character after a [[ sequence. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 0.91 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 0.92 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 0.93 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 0.94 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 0.95 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 0.96 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 0.97 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 0.98 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 0.99 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 1.00 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 1.01 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 1.02 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 1.03 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 1.04 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 1.05 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 1.06 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 1.07 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 1.08 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 1.09 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 2.01 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 2.02 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 2.03 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 2.04 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 2.05 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 2.06 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 2.07 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 2.08 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 3.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 3.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 3.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 6.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Perl | Pcre | 6.6 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Bug 384761 – CVE-2006-7225 pcre miscalculation of memory requirements for malformed Posix character class | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Patch |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: php4, php5 (SUSE-SA:2008 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| SUSE update for php4 and php5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:030 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| www.pcre.org/changelog.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.pcre.org | |
| ASA-2007-505 (RHSA-2007-1068) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | |
| Avaya Products PCRE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expressions Library POSIX Denial Of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Patch |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.