Heap-based buffer overflow in PHP - CVE-2008-2371
Published: August 1, 2022 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110340
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: []
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2371
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7. A remote attacker can use a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches. to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
dev-libs/glib
dev-libs/libpcre
Gentoo Linux
dev-libs/glib
dev-libs/libpcre
How to mitigate CVE-2008-2371
Install update from vendor's website.
dev-libs/glib - update to 2.16.3-r1
dev-libs/libpcre - update to 7.7-r1
dev-libs/libpcre - update to 7.7-r1
External References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30916
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30958
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30961
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30967
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30972
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30990
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30945
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32454
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39300
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded