{"cve":"CVE-2006-7227","nvd":{"published":"2007-11-14T21:46:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:34:36.970","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-189"],"references":["http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html","http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-006.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/27582","http://secunia.com/advisories/27741"],"products":["pcre:pcre"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:49:50.107194424+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-7227","score":0.03503,"percentile":0.89177,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}