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TI-2008-01851 Aliases CVE-2008-1927GHSA-cjr5-49hf-284r

Double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a…

Priority LOW 29CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03153 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.8.8VulnerablePerl
  • cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.8.8 Vulnerable ·Perl

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2010:0602 Released 2010-08-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 security update
    • Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4AS ant-1.6.5-1jpp_1rh, avalon-logkit-1.2-2jpp_4rh, axis-1.2.1-1jpp_3rh +39
    • Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ES ant-1.6.5-1jpp_1rh, avalon-logkit-1.2-2jpp_4rh, axis-1.2.1-1jpp_3rh +39
  • RHSA-2008:0532 Released 2008-06-17 · Red Hat rating Important
    perl security update
    • Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4) perl-4:5.8.8-6.el4s1_3, perl-4:5.8.8-6.el4s1_3.i386, perl-suidperl-4:5.8.8-6.el4s1_3 +1
    • Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4) perl-4:5.8.8-6.el4s1_3, perl-4:5.8.8-6.el4s1_3.i386, perl-suidperl-4:5.8.8-6.el4s1_3 +1
  • RHSA-2008:0522 Released 2008-06-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    perl security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 perl-2:5.8.0-98.EL3, perl-2:5.8.0-98.EL3.i386, perl-CGI-2:2.89-98.EL3 +7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) perl-4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3, perl-4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3.i386, perl-4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 perl-2:5.8.0-98.EL3, perl-2:5.8.0-98.EL3.i386, perl-2:5.8.0-98.EL3.ia64 +17
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 perl-3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3, perl-3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3.i386, perl-3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) perl-4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3, perl-4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3.i386, perl-suidperl-4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 perl-3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3, perl-3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3.i386, perl-suidperl-3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 perl-2:5.8.0-98.EL3, perl-2:5.8.0-98.EL3.i386, perl-2:5.8.0-98.EL3.ia64 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 perl-3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3, perl-3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3.i386, perl-3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 perl-2:5.8.0-98.EL3, perl-2:5.8.0-98.EL3.i386, perl-2:5.8.0-98.EL3.ia64 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 perl-3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3, perl-3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3.i386, perl-3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3.ia64 +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4)Fixed RHSA-2008:0532
Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4)Fixed RHSA-2008:0532
Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ASFixed RHSA-2010:0602
Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ESFixed RHSA-2010:0602
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2008:0522
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2008:0522
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2008:0522
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0522
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2008:0522
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0522
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2008:0522
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0522
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2008:0522
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0522

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-1927
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cjr5-49hf-284r

References

Advisory 11

Other 14

  • TI-2022-24100 In Perl 5.34.0, function S_find_uninit_var in sv.c has a stack-based crash that can lead… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-05140 The _compile function in Maketext.pm in the Locale::Maketext implementation in Perl… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-12932 Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.0 before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-12931 Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.x before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-05049 Heap-based buffer overflow in the pack function in Perl before 5.26.2 allows… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-09493 Stack-based buffer overflow in the CPerlHost::Add method in win32/perlhost.h in Perl… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
See all 45 →

Sources

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