CVE-2007-4768

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a singleton Unicode sequence in a character class in a regex pattern, which is incorrectly optimized.

How to fix CVE-2007-4768

To remediate CVE-2007-4768, 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-2007-4768 being exploited?

Moderate — EPSS is 9.6%. 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

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4768