Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-1927
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.
Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1927
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 1.02%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 82 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-1927
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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[email protected] |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-1927
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Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)
References for CVE-2008-1927
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-17.xml
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2265/references
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http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-317.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500210/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41996
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0013.html
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2361
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=454792
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http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=48156
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2424
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0532.html
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00601.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:100
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28928
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10579
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00607.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
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http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1556
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020253
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http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-361.htm
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0522.html
Products affected by CVE-2008-1927
- cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*