CVE-2015-8853

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 83.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-05-25 15:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-04-20

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

20a48b04ede2fbb637e2dbab0fa27027a039def0a5f9c4d5b9e0d738e778e547

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• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160420 Re: CVE Request: perl: denial-of-service / Regexp-matching "hangs" indefinitely on illegal input using binmode :utf8 using 100%CPUhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3625-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160420 CVE Request: perl: denial-of-service / Regexp-matching "hangs" indefinitely on illegal input using binmode :utf8 using 100%CPUhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• rt.perl.orghttps://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=123562x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com86707http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86707vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329106x_refsource_CONFIRM
• h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731x_refsource_CONFIRM
• perl5.git.perl.orghttp://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/22b433eff9a1ffa2454e18405a56650f07b385b5x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3625-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-5a9313e4b4http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183592.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA