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CVE-2015-8853
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-25T15:59:01.473 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:22.187

Summary

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 products

fedoraproject — fedora

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References

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