MGASA-2016-0191

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CVE-2015-8853
Published: 20 May 2016, 11:38
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:26

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

20 May 2016, 11:38
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated perl packages fix security vulnerability The regex engine got into an infinite loop because of the malformation. It is trying to back-up over a sequence of UTF-8 continuation bytes. The character just before the sequence should be a start byte. If it's not, there is a malformation which results in "hang" of regexp matching and CPU exhaustion (CVE-2015-8853).

Affected Systems

  • mageia•perl

    < 5.20.1-8.3.mga5

References (3)