CVE-2015-8853
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8853
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8853.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8853
- Related
- Published
- 2016-05-25T15:59:01Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-11T02:00:06Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The (1) Sreghop3, (2) Sreghop4, 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."
- References
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- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/22b433eff9a1ffa2454e18405a56650f07b385b5
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329106
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183592.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/7
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86707
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=123562
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8853
Affected packages
Debian:11 / perl
Package
- Name
- perl
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source
Debian:12 / perl
Package
- Name
- perl
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source
Debian:13 / perl
Package
- Name
- perl
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source