CVE-2007-1660
EPSS 5.6%
Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.0 does not properly calculate sizes for unspecified "multiple forms of character class", which triggers a buffer overflow that allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.
How to fix CVE-2007-1660
To remediate CVE-2007-1660, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glib2.0—upgrade to 2.14.3-1 or later
- Debian/pcre3—upgrade to 7.3-1 or later
Is CVE-2007-1660 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 5.6%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.14.3-1
- from 0, < 7.3-1