CVE-2008-0172 (GCVE-0-2008-0172)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-01-17 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 07:39
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
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.
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