6.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2007-1661
PCRE Backtracking Information Disclosure and Denial of Service
Description

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 backtracks too far when matching certain input bytes against some regex patterns in non-UTF-8 mode, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated by the "\X?\d" and "\P{L}?\d" patterns.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 7, 2007, 11:46 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 16, 2018, 4:39 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-1661 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x
2 Apple mac_os_x_server
1 Pcre perl-compatible_regular_expression_library
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-1661.

URL Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27538 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27543 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27554 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27697 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27741 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27773 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28406 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28414 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28714 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28720 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29267 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30106 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30155 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30219 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399 Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38274
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738
https://usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.html

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-1661 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-547-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38274 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38274 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 14, 2013

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-1661 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-1661 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.54 }} 0.43%

score

0.92680

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability