CVE-2018-6797
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 6.48 % · percentile 94 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1192
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132227
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | CRITICAL 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-18544
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2018-6797
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2018-AVI-524 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Apple · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.18 ≤ 5.26cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |