CVE-2013-7422

perl: segmentation fault in S_regmatch on negative backreference

Published Aug 16, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Integer underflow in regcomp.c in Perl before 5.20, as used in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long digit string associated with an invalid backreference within a regular expression.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-7186 Integer underflow in regcomp.c in Perl before 5.20, as used in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long digit string associated with an invalid backreference within a regular expression.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2916-1 Perl vulnerabilities
History
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{'score': 0.00831}

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{'score': 0.00831}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:09 PM
Reserved
Jan 27, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 16, 2015, 11:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:01 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 23, 2015, 12:00 AM