NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting boostorg/regex package, versions [,1.40.0)
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- published28 Sept 2025
- disclosed17 Jan 2008
- creditWill Drewry
Introduced: 17 Jan 2008
CVE-2008-0172 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade boostorg/regex to version 1.40.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via basic_regex_creator.hpp when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker could provide specially crafted regular expressions to an application using Boost, resulting in a denial of service.