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CVE-2008-0172

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
17/01/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:boost:boost:1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:boost:boost:1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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