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CVE-2015-8853 Details

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."

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183592.html CVE
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/22b433eff9a1ffa2454e18405a56650f07b385b5 CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329106 CVE
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 CVE
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=123562 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
fedoraproject fedora
22

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
perl perl
<= 5.23.9

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8853
NVD Published Date:
May 25, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-8853 Details - Not Deferred