UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8853

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2015-8853
Downstream
USN-3625-1
Published: 25 May 2016, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 May 2016, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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."

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•perl

    < 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4

References (5)