{"cve":"CVE-2008-2371","nvd":{"published":"2008-07-07T23:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:53:39.277","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-787"],"references":["http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091","http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","fedoraproject:fedora","opensuse:opensuse","pcre:pcre","php:php"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-2371","score":0.06726,"percentile":0.93944,"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."]}