CVE-2026-8829 (GCVE-0-2026-8829)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-04 02:03 – Updated: 2026-06-04 12:59
VLAI
Title
HTML::Entities versions before 3.84 for Perl read freed heap memory in _decode_entities
Summary
HTML::Entities versions before 3.84 for Perl read freed heap memory in _decode_entities.
The XS routine backing HTML::Entities::_decode_entities cached a pointer (repl) into the entity-value SV returned by hv_fetch on the entity2char hash. When the input SV was identical to a value SV in that hash, and that value contained its own key as an entity reference, a later call to grow_gap() reallocated the SV's PV buffer and freed the backing allocation that repl still pointed into. The subsequent copy loop read repl_len bytes from the freed allocation.
The read may disclose adjacent heap contents into the destination SV.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OALDERS | HTML::Entities |
Affected:
0 , < 3.84
(custom)
|
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