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pcre -- heap overflow

Affected packages
		pcre	<	4.5p0

Details

VuXML ID	b552a55a-136d-11da-a0d4-00065bd5b0b6
Discovery	2005-08-20
Entry	2005-08-22

A remote or local user may be able to supply a specially crafted regular expression to trigger a heap integer overflow in PCRE. The impact depends on the application that uses the library. Applications that parse untrusted regular expressions may be vulnerable.

[source]

References

CVE Name	CAN-2005-2491
URL	http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Aug/1014744.html