CVE catalog
CVE-2008-2371
pcre3: CVE-2008-2371
- Severity
- High
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 6.73% · Oct 25, 2026
Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pcre3 | bookworm | 2:8.39-15 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pcre3 | source | bookworm | 7.6-2.1 | medium | Not reported | [488919] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libpcre16-3]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcre3]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcre32-3]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcre3-dbg]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcre3-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [libpcrecpp0v5]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
- [pcregrep]Fixed
Source package: [pcre3]
Details (2)
2:8.39-15· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
2:8.39-15· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.6-2.1dsa · pcre3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · pcre3 · debian · 12
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10791-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2371]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-1602-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DTSA-145-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2371]
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