--- title: "CVE-2006-7228\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-7228?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-7228 Publication date 14 November 2007 Last updated 4 August 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | pcre3 | 7.10 gutsy | Not affected | | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 7.4-0ubuntu0.7.04.1 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 7.4-0ubuntu0.6.10.1 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 7.4-0ubuntu0.6.06.1 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7228) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7228) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-7228) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-7228) ### Other references *