FKIE_CVE-2008-0172
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-01-17 23:00 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The get_repeat_type function in basic_regex_creator.hpp in the Boost regex library (aka Boost.Regex) in Boost 1.33 and 1.34 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and crash) via an invalid regular expression.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.06_lts | |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.10 | |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 7.04 | |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 7.10 | |
| boost | boost | 1.33 | |
| boost | boost | 1.34 |
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Sightings
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|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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