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CVE-2007-5116

Vendorredhat, larry wall, openpkg, mandrakesoftProductenterprise linux, perl, openpkg, mandrake multi network firewallDiscoveredNov 7, 2007UpdatedApr 23, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.1
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EPSS
4.83%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
Connections
5 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Nov 7, 2007
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 23, 2026