{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2371","details":"Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.","modified":"2026-09-20T06:47:38.239383563Z","published":"2008-07-07T23:41:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-2371"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2371"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pcre3","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.6-2.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"medium"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2371.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}