{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7226","details":"Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 does not properly calculate the compiled memory allocation for regular expressions that involve a quantified \"subpattern containing a named recursion or subroutine reference,\" which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (error or crash).","modified":"2026-09-12T06:47:25.064127913Z","published":"2007-12-03T20:46:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2006-7226"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-7226"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"glib2.0","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.14.3-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7226.json"}},{"package":{"name":"glib2.0","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.14.3-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7226.json"}},{"package":{"name":"glib2.0","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.14.3-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7226.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pcre3","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.7-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7226.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}