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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade perl-HTML-Parser-debuginfoUpgrade perl-HTML-Parser | Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade perl-HTML-Parser-debuginfoUpgrade perl-HTML-ParserUpgrade perl-HTML-Parser-testsUpgrade perl-HTML-Parser-debugsource | Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libhtml-parser-perl | Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Ibm Aix | — | Apply the fix or workaround for aix_vios_advisory | Aug 16, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libhtml-parser-perl | Jul 22, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 |
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