CVE-2007-1661 Affecting glib2.0 package, versions <2.14.3-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.72% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-GLIB20-11744087
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed7 Nov 2007

Introduced: 7 Nov 2007

CVE-2007-1661  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 glib2.0 to version 2.14.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2.0 package and not the glib2.0 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 backtracks too far when matching certain input bytes against some regex patterns in non-UTF-8 mode, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated by the "\X?\d" and "\P{L}?\d" patterns.

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CVSS Base Scores

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