PHP :: Bug #263 :: ereg() core dump

Bug #263	ereg() core dump
Submitted:	1998-04-11 00:10 UTC	Modified:	1998-04-18 10:12 UTC
From:	torben at coastnet dot com	Assigned:
Status:	Closed	Package:	Reproducible Crash
PHP Version:	3.0 Latest CVS	OS:	Linux 2.0.33 (Slackware)
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

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[1998-04-11 00:10 UTC] torben at coastnet dot com

This will reliably dump core.

<?php ereg( "[^0-9]\\\\{1\\\\}", "5" )?>

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[1998-04-18 10:12 UTC] zeev

This has to do with the regex implementation, not PHP.
The regex library that comes with PHP doesn't crash
from that regex (even though it reports it's a bad regex)

A backtrace of the core would be a good idea, though.

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