Integer overflow in the regular expression engine in Perl 5.8.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) by matching a crafted regular expression against a long string.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perl | Perl | 5.8.1 (including) | 5.8.1 (including) |
| Perl | Perl | 5.8.2 (including) | 5.8.2 (including) |
| Perl | Perl | 5.8.3 (including) | 5.8.3 (including) |
| Perl | Perl | 5.8.4 (including) | 5.8.4 (including) |
| Perl | Perl | 5.8.5 (including) | 5.8.5 (including) |
| Perl | Perl | 5.8.6 (including) | 5.8.6 (including) |
| Perl | Perl | 5.8.7 (including) | 5.8.7 (including) |
| Perl | Perl | 5.8.8 (including) | 5.8.8 (including) |
| Perl | Perl | 5.8.9 (including) | 5.8.9 (including) |