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CVE-2005-2491

CVE-2005-2491 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Integer overflow in pcre_compile.c in Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) before 6.2, as used in multiple products such as Python, Ethereal, and PHP, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via quantifier values in regular expressions, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

EPSS 4.34% · 90.3th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0
7.5
EPSS Score
4.34%
90.3th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a*
pcrepcre5.0, 6.1, 6.0

Timeline

  • Aug 22, 2005 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 3, 2022 CVE Updated
  • May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
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