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FKIE_CVE-2008-1026

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-04-17 19:05 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:50
Severity
Summary
Integer overflow in the PCRE regular expression compiler (JavaScriptCore/pcre/pcre_compile.cpp) in Apple WebKit, as used in Safari before 3.1.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with large, nested repetition counts, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Apr/msg00001.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29846
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31074
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3815
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT1467Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490990/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28815
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019870
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1250/references
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-022Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41859
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Apr/msg00001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29846
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3815
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1467Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490990/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28815
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019870
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1250/references
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-022Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41859
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple mac_os_x 10.4.11
apple mac_os_x 10.5.2
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.11
apple mac_os_x_server 10.5.2
microsoft windows_vista *
microsoft windows_xp *
apple safari 3
apple safari 3.1
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