CVE-2007-4767
EPSS 2.0%
Description
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 does not properly compute the length of (1) a \p sequence, (2) a \P sequence, or (3) a \P{x} sequence, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or crash) or execute arbitrary code.
How to fix CVE-2007-4767
To remediate CVE-2007-4767, 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-2007-4767 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.14.3-1
- from 0, < 7.3-1