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CVE-2015-8608

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The VDir::MapPathA and VDir::MapPathW functions in Perl 5.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) drive letter or (2) pInName argument.

Affected products

• perl: 5.22

References

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136649/Perl-5.22-VDir-MapPathA-W-Out-Of-Bounds-Reads-Buffer-Over-Reads.html
• https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126755
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136649/Perl-5.22-VDir-MapPathA-W-Out-Of-Bounds-Reads-Buffer-Over-Reads.html
• https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126755
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

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