CVE-2015-8853
N/A
Published: May 25, 2016 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraPerl
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The (1) S_reghop3, (2) S_reghop4, and (3) S_reghopmaybe3 functions in regexec.c in Perl before 5.24.0 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted utf-8 data, as demonstrated by "a\x80."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183592.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/22b433eff9a1ffa2454e18405a56650f07b385b5Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/5Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/7x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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