CVE-2015-8853
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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."
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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affected products (3)
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also known as (3)
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references (32)
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- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183592.htmlcnnvd
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/22b433eff9a1ffa2454e18405a56650f07b385b5cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/5cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/7cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329106cnnvd
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=123562cnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183592.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/22b433eff9a1ffa2454e18405a56650f07b385b5enisa_euvd
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