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CVE-2018-6797

An issue was discovered in Perl 5.18 through 5.26.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
6.5%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in Perl 5.18 through 5.26. A crafted regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer overflow, with control over the bytes written.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

6.48% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • securitytracker.com /id/1042004 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:1192 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1040681 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3625-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4172 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201909-01 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /security-alerts/cpujul2020.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • rt.perl.org /Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132227 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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