Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-5116
CVE-2007-5116
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.
Affected products
14cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mandrakesoft:mandrake_multi_network_firewall:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:1.0:*:application_stack:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
53- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/27531nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/READMEnvd
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.htmlnvd
- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27479nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27515nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27546nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27548nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27570nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27613nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27756nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27936nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28167nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28368nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28387nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28993nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29074nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31208nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-014.htmnvd
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1400nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-28.xmlnvd
- www.ipcop.org/index.phpnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.htmlnvd
- www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.023.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0966.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1011.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483563/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483584/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26350nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-552-1nvd
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3724nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4255nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0641nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38270nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1813nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10669nvd
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