CVE-2007-5116
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5097)
- Published
- November 7, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5097 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- larry wall / perl
- larry wall / perl
- larry wall / perl
- larry wall / perl
- larry wall / perl
- larry wall / perl
- larry wall / perl
- larry wall / perl
- larry wall / perl
- larry wall / perl
- larry wall / perl
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux corporate server
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux corporate server
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux corporate server
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux corporate server
- mandrakesoft / mandrake multi network firewall
- openpkg / openpkg
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / linux advanced workstation
- redhat / linux advanced workstation
and 1 more…
References
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120352263023774&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27479
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27515
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27531(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27546
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27570
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27613
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27756
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28167
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28387
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28993
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29074
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31208
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018899
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-31524-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231524-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1018985.1-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-014.htm
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10220
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10244
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1400
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-28.xml
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:207(Patch)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.023.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0966.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1011.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483563/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483584/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26350
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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