CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2007-1662

MEDIUMEPSS 83th pctl
5.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 reads past the end of the string when searching for unmatched brackets and parentheses, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), possibly involving forward references.

How to fix

Remediation Available
glib2.0Debian
Fixed in:2.14.3-1CVE-2007-1662
Fixed in:2.14.3-1CVE-2007-1662
Fixed in:2.14.3-1CVE-2007-1662
Fixed in:2.14.3-1CVE-2007-1662

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

2.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days
83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2007-1662
CVE-2007-1662 severity badge

Markdown

[![CVE-2007-1662](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2007-1662.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2007-1662)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2007-1662"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2007-1662.svg" alt="CVE-2007-1662"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

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.