Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2013-7422
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.18.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.18.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <5.20
- Range: <10.10.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT205031nvdVendor Advisory
- perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/0c2990d652e985784f095bba4bc356481a66aa06nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75704nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-11nvd
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