CVE-2015-8853
moderate-risk
Published 2016-05-25
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."
Do I need to act?
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14.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 86% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Vendors
References (26)
and 6 more references
45
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
12/34 · Low
Exposure
7/34 · Low