ALPINE-CVE-2018-6797

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CVE-2018-6797
Published: 17 Apr 2018, 20:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:43

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Apr 2018, 20:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:43
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•perl

    < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.24.4-r0 | < 5.24.4-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0 | < 5.26.2-r0

References (1)