Title : GLib PCRE "pcre_compile.c" Patterns Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2006 CVE ID : CVE-2008-2371 CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-07-07
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in GLib, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in PCRE. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2006
