CVE-2006-7228
EPSS 2.2%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2006-7228
To remediate CVE-2006-7228, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pcre3—upgrade to 6.2-1 or later
Is CVE-2006-7228 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 6.2-1