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CVE-2007-5116

Published: Nov 7, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
4.8%
Top 9.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
perllarry wall
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
mandrake multi network firewallmandrakesoft
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openpkgopenpkg
On-prem
DevTools & CI / artifact-registry
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
larry wallindividual-devUSOSS Libraries
mandrakesoftcommercialFROperating Systemsaka mandriva, mandrakesoft linux
openpkgoss-projectDevTools & CI
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/27479
secunia.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1400
debian.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120352263023774&w=2
marc.info
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Timeline

Published
Nov 7, 2007
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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