VDB
DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5116
DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5116
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | perl | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | perl | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | perl | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | perl | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Nov 7, 2007 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated