CVE-2013-7422

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.60%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory apple.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/0c2990d652e985784f095bba4bc356481a66aa06
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-11 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1 vendor advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75704 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-7422?
CVE-2013-7422 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-7422?
To fix CVE-2013-7422, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-7422 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2013-7422 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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