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CVE-2006-7225

MEDIUMEPSS 73th pctl
4.3
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (error or crash) via a regular expression that involves a "malformed POSIX character class", as demonstrated via an invalid character after a [[ sequence.

How to fix

Remediation Available
glib2.0Debian
Fixed in:2.14.3-1CVE-2006-7225
Fixed in:2.14.3-1CVE-2006-7225
Fixed in:2.14.3-1CVE-2006-7225
Fixed in:2.14.3-1CVE-2006-7225

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days
73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.