DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4768

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4768
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4768.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4768
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2007-11-07T23:46:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:02:48Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.14.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4768.json"

Debian:13 / glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.14.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4768.json"

Debian:14 / glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.14.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4768.json"

Debian:12 / pcre3

Package

Name
pcre3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4768.json"