DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1659

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1659
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1659.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1659
Upstream
Published
2007-11-07T23:46:00Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:03:58.024402Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via regex patterns containing unmatched "\Q\E" sequences with orphan "\E" codes.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

glib2.0

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1659.json"

pcre3

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1659.json"

Debian:12

glib2.0

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1659.json"

pcre3

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1659.json"

Debian:13

glib2.0

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1659.json"

Debian:14

glib2.0

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1659.json"