CVE-2008-1927

N/A Unknown
Published: April 24, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted regular expression containing UTF8 characters. NOTE: this issue might only be present on certain operating systems.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=454792
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/44588
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=48156
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29948
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/30025
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/30326
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/30624
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/31208
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/31328
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/31467
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/31604
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/33314
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-317.htm
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-361.htm
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1556
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-17.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:100
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0522.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0532.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500210/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28928
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020253
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0013.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2265/references
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2361
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2424
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41996
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10579
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00601.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00607.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=454792
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/44588
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=48156
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29948
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30025
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30326
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30624
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31208
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31328
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31467
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31604
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/33314
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-317.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-361.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1556
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-17.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:100
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0522.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0532.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500210/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28928
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020253
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0013.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2265/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2361
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2424
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41996
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10579
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00601.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00607.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

80 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.4%
85th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

perl

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