CVE-2007-5116
High
Description
Buffer overflow in the polymorphic opcode support in the Regular Expression Engine (regcomp.c) in Perl 5.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by switching from byte to Unicode (UTF) characters in a regular expression.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
Product
Larry Wall Perl
PublishedNov 7, 2007
First seenNov 7, 2007
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| larry_wall perl | 5.8.0, 5.8.1, 5.8.3, 5.8.4, 5.8.4.1, 5.8.4.2, 5.8.4.2.3, 5.8.4.3, 5.8.4.4, 5.8.4.5, 5.8.6 | — |
| mandrakesoft mandrake_multi_network_firewall | 2.0 | — |
| openpkg openpkg | current | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux | 1.0 | — |
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