Is CVE-2006-7228 actively exploited?

CVE-2006-7228 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-09.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-7228?

CVE-2006-7228 has a CVSS score of 6.8 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2006-7228?

Patch guidance is available from pcre security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2006-7228.

CVE-2006-7228 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Description

Integer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that involves large (1) min, (2) max, or (3) duplength values that cause an incorrect length calculation and trigger a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-7227. NOTE: this issue was originally subsumed by CVE-2006-7224, but that CVE has been REJECTED and split.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: medium
Auth: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: partial
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: CWE-189

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PCRE
Published: 11/14/2007
Last Modified: 4/9/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

pcre : pcre

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2006-7228. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2006-7228

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CVE-2006-7228 vulnerability