VDB
DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4872
DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4872
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.2 does not properly count the number of named capturing subpatterns, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a regular expression with a large number of named subpatterns, which triggers a buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.
Risk Scores
CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | pcre3 | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | pcre3 | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Dec 31, 2005 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated