7.5
HIGH
CVE-2007-5116
perl Regular Expression Engine Buffer Overflow
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 7, 2007, 11:46 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 15, 2018, 9:40 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-5116 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Larry_wall perl
1 Mandrakesoft mandrake_multi_network_firewall
1 Openpkg openpkg
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-5116.

URL Resource
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
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-552-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3724
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4255
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0641
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=323571
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=378131
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38270
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1813
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10669

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-5116 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-5116 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483584/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483563/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483584/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483563/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10669 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10669 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38270 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38270 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 09, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.79 }} 0.42%

score

0.91910

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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