CVE-2008-0674
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-0674 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-02-18 23:00:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086 - rPath Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-218A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.us-cert.gov | US Government Resource |
| PHP 5.2.5 and Prior Versions Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| rPath update for php - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:004 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Fedora update for pcre - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176 - rPath Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| PCRE Character Class Buffer Overflow - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| PCRE Character Class Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Bug 431660 – CVE-2008-0674 pcre: buffer overflow via large UTF-8 character class | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2008-07-31 Security Update 2008-005 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| USN-581-1: PCRE vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | usn.ubuntu.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1499-1 pcre3 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: pcre-7.3-3.fc8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Ubuntu update for pcre3 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.php.net | |
| Fedora update for glib2 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| oss-security - CVE Request (PHP) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| PCRE: Buffer overflow — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:053 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Gentoo update for libpcre and glib - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: pcre-7.3-3.fc7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2223 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | issues.rpath.com | |
| Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| About Security Update 2008-007 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.14/glib-2.14.6.news | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ftp.gnome.org | |
| GNOME GLib PCRE Character Class Buffer Overflow - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| [#RPL-2503] php 5.2.6 is out CVE-2008-0599 CVE-2008-0674 CVE-2008-2050 CVE-2008-2051 CVE-2008-1384 - rPath Issue Tracking System | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | issues.rpath.com | |
| Fedora update for pcre - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| PHP Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| pcre.org/changelog.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | pcre.org | |
| Debian update for pcre3 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Gentoo update for php - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 Security Update 2008-007 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2009-08-05-1 Security Update 2009-003 / Mac OS X v10.5.8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| rPath update for pcre - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Mac OS X Multiple Image and File Processing Bugs Permit Remote Code Execution - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| About the security content of Security Update 2009-003 / Mac OS X v10.5.8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086 - rPath Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2008-02-20 | Mark J Cox | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of PCRE as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.