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CVE-2007-5116

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2007-11-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate ServerMandrakesoft Mandrake LinuxRedhat Enterprise LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat Linux Advanced WorkstationOpenpkg OpenpkgDebian Debian LinuxRpath Rpath LinuxLarry Wall PerlMandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References