CVE-2015-8853

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."

Score
CVSS 3.0 7.5 High
Status
Modified - security@debian.org
Published
2016-05-25
Last modified
2024-08-06
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Affected products

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