Integer overflow in pcre_compile.c in Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) before 6.2, as used in multiple products such as Python, Ethereal, and PHP, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via quantifier values in regular expressions, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2005-08-22T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T22:30:01.424Z
Reserved: 2005-08-08T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-2491
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-08-23T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2005-2491
 Redhat
                        Redhat