HIGH
pcre: buffer overflow via large UTF-8 character class
Published Feb 18, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.91%
Description
Buffer overflow in PCRE before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a character class with a large number of characters with Unicode code points greater than 255.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of PCRE as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.91% 0.05914
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05914
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.91% (0.05914) | 93.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.91% (0.05914) | 92.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Oct 19, 2025 | 20.96% (0.20960) | 95.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 23.41% (0.23415) | 95.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 18.65% (0.18650) | 92.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 23.41% (0.23415) | 95.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 60.51% (0.60509) | 97.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 63.93% (0.63929) | 98.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 65.12% (0.65116) | 98.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 22, 2024 | 65.51% (0.65510) | 97.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 53.34% (0.53337) | 97.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 54.61% (0.54613) | 97.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 95.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 94.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 89.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (57)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0674 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431660 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40505 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2223 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0674
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- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0674
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Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 18, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 11, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0674
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a