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CVE-2015-8853

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.55%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-05-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2015-8853
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.55%

Original NVD 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."