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CVE-2007-5116: larry_wall perl

Modified

AliasesRHSA-2007:0966RHSA-2007:1011DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5116+2 more

Published 07-11-2007Last modified 07-08-2024

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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-5116 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in larry_wall perl. EPSS estimates a 4.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

7.5/10

010

High · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

4.83%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11158-1 RHSA-2010:0602

Timeline

07-11-2007
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
07-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.07.5

EPSS trend

Probability

4.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.83% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat7 products

enterprise_linux1.0
perl< 2:5.8.0-97.EL3 | < 3:5.8.5-36.el4_5.2 | < 4:5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 | < 4:5.8.8-5.el4s1_2
perl-CGI< 2:2.89-97.EL3
perl-CPAN< 2:1.61-97.EL3
perl-DB_File< 2:1.806-97.EL3

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Debian1 product

perl< 5.8.8-11.1+lenny1 | < 5.8.4-8sarge6 | < 5.8.8-7etch1 | < 5.8.8-12

Larry_wall1 product

perl5.8.0 | 5.8.1 | 5.8.3 | 5.8.4 | 5.8.4.1 | 5.8.4.2 | 5.8.4.2.3 | 5.8.4.3 | 5.8.4.4 | 5.8.4.5 | 5.8.6

Mandrakesoft1 product

mandrake_multi_network_firewall2.0

Openpkg1 product

openpkgcurrent

5 vendors · 11 products

References

61 links

secunia.com/advisories/27479Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1400Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=120352263023774&w=2Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource HP
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10244Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource AIXAPAR
secunia.com/advisories/27936Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483563/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
secunia.com/advisories/28993Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10220Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource AIXAPAR

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issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1813X Refsource CONFIRM
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-31524-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUNALERT
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-552-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
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securitytracker.com/id?1018899VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0641VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
secunia.com/advisories/27756Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0966.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
secunia.com/advisories/29074Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
secunia.com/advisories/27548Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1011.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLIST
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=323571X Refsource MISCREPORT
secunia.com/advisories/27546Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-28.xmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3724VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-014.htmX Refsource CONFIRM
www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.023.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource OPENPKG
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=378131X Refsource MISC
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231524-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUNALERT
secunia.com/advisories/27531Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource APPLE
secunia.com/advisories/27515Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/27570Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179X Refsource CONFIRM
secunia.com/advisories/27613Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/28368Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1018985.1-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUNALERT
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:207Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVAPatch
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4255VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483584/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41X Refsource CONFIRM
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38270VDB EntryX Refsource XF
secunia.com/advisories/31208Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
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www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
secunia.com/advisories/28167Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com/bid/26350VDB EntryX Refsource BID
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0966Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ARTICLE
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2007/rhsa-2007_0966.jsonAdvisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5116REPORT
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5116Advisory
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5116Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:1011Advisory
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2007/rhsa-2007_1011.jsonAdvisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5116Advisory