CVE-2007-4766

Description

Multiple integer overflows in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via unspecified escape (backslash) sequences.

How to fix CVE-2007-4766

To remediate CVE-2007-4766, 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-2007-4766 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 3.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0, < 2.14.3-1
• from 0, < 7.3-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4766