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CVE-2008-0171

CVE information

Published

15 years ago

Last Modified

4 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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Description

regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.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 (failed assertion and crash) via an invalid regular expression..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:boost:boost:1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:boost:boost_regex_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:boost:boost:1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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