9.8

CVE-2018-18311: apple mac_os_x Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2018-18311SUSE-SU-2019:2264-1RHSA-2019:0109
Published 07-12-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-18311 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 11.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 12% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
11.68%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 3

Timeline

  1. 07-12-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.x before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

11.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 11.68% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat28 products
Suse17 products
  • perl&distro=HPE Helion OpenStack 8< 5.18.2-12.20.1
  • perl&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 4< 5.18.2-12.20.1
  • perl&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 5< 5.18.2-12.20.1
  • perl&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4< 5.18.2-12.20.1
  • perl&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS< 5.18.2-12.20.1
Netapp4 products
Debian2 products
Alpine1 product
  • perl≥ 5.28.0, < 5.26.3-r0 | ≥ 5.28.0, < 5.24.4-r2
Apple1 product
Canonical1 product
Fedoraproject1 product
Mcafee1 product
  • web_gateway≥ 7.7.2, < 7.7.2.21 | ≥ 7.8.2, < 7.8.2.8 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.1.1
Perl1 product
  • perl< 5.26.3 | ≥ 5.28.0, < 5.28.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • perl< 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7 | < 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.6 | < 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.3

11 vendors · 58 products

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