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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 5.20.0-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 5.20.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 5.20.0-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.20.0-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 5.20.0-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| perl | perl | 5.18.4 | |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/0c2990d652e985784f095bba4bc356481a66aa06
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75704
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-11
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7422
CWEs
CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.