{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7227","details":"Integer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a large number of named subpatterns (name_count) or long subpattern names (max_name_size), which triggers a buffer overflow.  NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.","modified":"2026-09-12T06:47:23.960908414Z","published":"2007-11-14T21:46:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2006-7227"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-7227"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pcre3","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-7227.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}