# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-04-23 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-317.htm
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2424
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31328
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00607.html
- http://osvdb.org/44588
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
- http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=48156
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0532.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41996
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10579
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29948
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-17.xml
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020253
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2361
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31467
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0522.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00601.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-361.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33314

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