ALPINE-CVE-2018-6798

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CVE-2018-6798
Published: 17 Apr 2018, 20:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:43

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
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 5.22 through 5.26. Matching a crafted locale dependent regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer over-read and potentially information disclosure.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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)