CVE-2007-5116

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5116
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2007-5116.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2007-5116
Related
Published
2007-11-07T23:46:00Z
Modified
2024-06-30T12:00:03Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.8.8-12

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:12 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.8.8-12

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:13 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.8.8-12

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}