Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 24, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-1927
CVE-2008-1927
Description
Double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted regular expression containing UTF8 characters. NOTE: this issue might only be present on certain operating systems.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
40- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/44588nvd
- rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.htmlnvd
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- secunia.com/advisories/30025nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30326nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30624nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31208nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31328nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31467nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31604nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31687nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/33314nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/33937nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3438nvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-317.htmnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-361.htmnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1556nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-17.xmlnvd
- www.ipcop.org/index.phpnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0522.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0532.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500210/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28928nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2nvd
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0013.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2265/referencesnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2361nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2424nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41996nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10579nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00601.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00607.htmlnvd
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