UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8853

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8853
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8853.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8853
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Published
2016-05-25T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:19Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The (1) Sreghop3, (2) Sreghop4, 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."

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4

Affected versions

5.*

5.14.2-21build1
5.18.1-4
5.18.1-4build1
5.18.1-5
5.18.2-2
5.18.2-2ubuntu1
5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1
5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3

Ecosystem specific 

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        },
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            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl5.18",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-base",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-debug",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-doc",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-modules",
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        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}